Battle of Ludwigshafen

Battle of Ludwigshafen
	Part of Palatine Uprising
	; Ludwigshafen burns - 15 June 1849
Date	15–18 June 1849
Location	Ludwigshafen; Mannheim
Result	The Prussians occupied Ludwigshafen, but the crossing over the Rhine remained closed to them.
Belligerents
Baden-Palatine revolutionary army	Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Oberst Türr; Otto von Corvin-Wiersbitzki	Major Künzel
Strength
800	600
Casualties and losses
17 dead; 9 wounded	2 dead; 6 wounded

The Battle of Ludwigshafen (German: Gefecht von Ludwigshafen) and the subsequent bombardment of Ludwigshafen lasted from 15 to 18 June 1849 and was part of the Palatine Uprising and Baden Revolution. The young settlement of Ludwigshafen was badly damaged by the shells of the Baden artillery and the resulting fires.

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