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The Hungarians invaded the Duchy of Bavaria in late June or early July 955 with 8,000–10,000 horse archers, infantry, and siege engines, intending to draw the main German army, under Otto I, into battle in the open field and destroy it. The Hungarians laid siege to Augsburg on the river Lech.
- 10-12 August 955
- Lechfeld plain, near Augsburg, Bavaria
Marauding Magyar warriors cross the Lech River near Augsburg, Germany, on August 10, 955. The Magyars long had made a habit of raiding helpless German settlements.
Battle of the Lechfeld. Travel back in time to the year 955 and find out where you can experience the Battle of Lechfeld in the Augsburg region. It is a battle that had a far-reaching impact on German and European history.
First Battle of Lechfeld. Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. In 909 a Hungarian army invaded Bavaria, but it was defeated by Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria in a minor battle near Pocking. King Louis decided that forces from all the German duchies should come together to fight the Hungarians.
The forces of Otto the Great annihilated a huge army of Hungarian mounted archers in an encounter that is generally known as the battle of Lechfeld, a broad plain near Augsburg in southern Germany.
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The first Battle of Lechfeld (the first Battle of Augsburg in Hungarian historiography), fought on 12 June 910, was an important victory by a Hungarian army over the combined forces of East Francia and Swabia under the nominal command of Louis the Child.
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The Battle of Lechfeld is considered the conclusion of decades of conflict. The victory over the Hungarians had a stabilizing effect on the German duchies and the East Swabian area around Augsburg. For the time being, the particular division of the German tribes and their nobility was over.
