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Battle of Hohenlinden

Battle of Hohenlinden was a battle fought on 3 December 1800 at Munich, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: Total: 53,595; 41,990 infantry; 11,805 cavalry; 99 guns against Total: 60,261; 46,130 infantry; 14,131 cavalry; 214 guns.

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Fin de la bataille de Hohenlinden : le général en chef Moreau, accompagné des généraux Grouchy et Ney, fait sa jonction avec le général Richepance, que suivent les prisonniers autrichiens[1].
Fin de la bataille de Hohenlinden : le général en chef Moreau, accompagné des généraux Grouchy et Ney, fait sa jonction avec le général Richepance, que suivent les prisonniers autrichiens[1].. Henri Frédéric Schopin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought3 December 1800
WhereMunich, Germany48.160N, 11.998E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFranceagainstAustria; Bavaria
Part ofWar of the Second Coalition1798 to 1802

Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition

Action of 15 July 1798, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of St. George's Caye, 1798Siege of Butrint, 1798Battle of Nicopolis, 1798Siege of Corfu, 1798Battle of Trebbia, 1799Siege of Ancona, 1799Battle of Ostrach, 1799Battle of Feldkirch, 1799Battle of Stockach, 1799Siege of Mantua, 1799Battle of Magnano, 1799Battle of Cassano, 1799Battle of Frauenfeld, 1799Battle of Winterthur, 1799First Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Modena, 1799Siege of Alessandria, 1799Battle of Oberwald, 1799Battle of Schwyz, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Mannheim, 1799Second Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Battle of Muottental, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Genola, 1799Battle of Obrigheim, 1799Battle of Wiesloch, 1799Battle of Walserfeld, 1800Battle of Sassello, 1800Siege of Genoa, 1800Rhine crossing near Rheinklingen (1800), 1800Battle of Stockach, 1800Battle of Engen, 1800Battle of Messkirch, 1800Battle of Erbach, 1800Battle of Montebello, 1800Battle of Höchstädt, 1800Battle of Neuburg, 1800Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800Battle of Pozzolo, 1800Battle of Copenhagen, 1801First Battle of Algeciras, 1801Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801Battle of Suriname, 180417981804Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800
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Record

Date3 December 1800
PlaceMunich, Germany
48.160N, 11.998E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
StrengthTotal: 53,595; 41,990 infantry; 11,805 cavalry; 99 gunsTotal: 60,261; 46,130 infantry; 14,131 cavalry; 214 guns
Casualties and losses2,500–3,000 dead or wounded; 1 gunTotal: 13,550–15,50011,860 Austrians; 1,868 Bavarians; 4,600–5,500 dead or wounded 4,665 Austrians; 114 Bavarians; 8,950–10,000 captured 7,195 Austrians; 1,754 Bavarians; 76 guns
Commanders
Battle of HohenlindenBattle of HohenlindenBattle of AmpfingBattle of GammelsdorfBattle of MühldorfBattle of LandshutBattle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitBattle of GammelsdorfBattle of LandshutBattle of Neumarkt-Sankt VeitMunichLinzSalzburgUlmRegensburgIngolstadtInnsbruckRosenheim100 km48.160N, 11.998E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Hohenlinden
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Hohenlinden today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-04-04. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 543 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 622 m, 622 m of relief, steep country and today it is 45% tree cover, 33% cropland, 14% grassland.

tree cover: 45%cropland: 33%grassland: 14%built-up: 7%tree cover 45%cropland 33%grassland 14%built-up 7%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 563 mnorth to south, 10.0 km539 to 616 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS ARMYDefender: FR ARMY
Strength57,00055,000
Casualties20,000 (35.1%)2,500 (4.5%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1037
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width18 km18 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 116), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Hohenlinden is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 538 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q705813, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hohenlinden, revision 1384685491, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.