✦ History

Part of Austro-Prussian War

Battle of Kissingen

July 10, 1866 · Battle of Kissingen

Result Prussian victory

The Prussian Army of the Main forced the Saale crossings at Bad Kissingen against the Bavarians.

On the map Contemporaries

Prussia and allies

Austria and allies

Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Bavaria
Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein military commander Gustav Friedrich von Beyer military commander August Karl von Goeben military commander Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel military commander
Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria military commander Oskar von Zoller military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 16,000
Casualties
c. 1,000
Missing
c. 50
Guns
c. 31
Strength
15,000c. 14,000
Casualties
c. 1,400
Killed
899
Wounded
1,256
Captured
c. 650
Guns
36c. 38
Guns lost
c. 1

Units

Prussian Army of the Main (1866)
Bavarian army (1866)