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contested ground, 5 engagements

Thionville: contested ground

The ground around Thionville was fought over 5 times between 1558 and 1870: 1 battle and 4 sieges, in 5 different wars. All 5 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Siege of ThionvilleRelief of ThionvilleSiege of ThionvilleSiege of ThionvilleSiege of ThionvilleSiege of ThionvilleFrankfurtStuttgartStrasbourgLuxembourgMannheimSaarbrückenWiesbadenMetz200 km49.359N, 6.169E
5 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Siege of Thionville, 1558Relief of Thionville, 1639Siege of Thionville, 1643Siege of Thionville, 1792Siege of Thionville, 187015581870
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
17 April 1558Siege of ThionvilleThionvilleItalian War of 1551–1559
7 June 1639Relief of ThionvilleThionvilleThirty Years' War
16 June 1643Siege of ThionvilleThionvilleFranco-Spanish War
24 August 1792Siege of ThionvilleThionvilleFrench Revolutionary Wars
August 1870Siege of ThionvilleThionvilleFranco-Prussian War

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.