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Battle of Möckern

Battle of Möckern was a battle fought on 5 April 1813 at Möckern, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ran from 1813 to 1814. The recorded result: Prusso-Russian victory.

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Memorial stone 1813 in Dannigkow (Saxony-Anhalt)
Memorial stone 1813 in Dannigkow (Saxony-Anhalt). User Muggmag at de.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date5 April 1813
PlaceMöckern, Germany
50.950N, 12.433E
Part ofWar of the Sixth Coalition (1813 to 1814)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultPrusso-Russian victory
BelligerentsFrench EmpirePrussia; Russian Empire
CommandersEugène de BeauharnaisPeter Wittgenstein
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German map of the Spring-Campaign 1813 in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. The work is based mainly on: Heinz Helmert/ Hansjürgen Uszeck: Europäische Befreiungskriege 1808 bis 1814/15 (2. Aufl.), B
German map of the Spring-Campaign 1813 in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. The work is based mainly on: Heinz Helmert/ Hansjürgen Uszeck: Europäische Befreiungskriege 1808 bis 1814/15 (2. Aufl.), B. Memnon335bc, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Battle of Möckern is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 395 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1497923, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Möckern, revision 1370270390, 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.