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{{Inline citations|date=May 2024}}{{Infobox Militärischer Konflikt
| conflict = Battle of Ludwigshafen
| partof = [[Palatine Uprising]]
| image = Ludwigshafen brennt 1849 06 15 F Artaria.jpg
| caption = Ludwigshafen burns - 15 June 1849
| date = 15–18 June 1849
| place = [[Ludwigshafen]]; [[Mannheim]]
| casus =
| regions =
| result = The Prussians occupied Ludwigshafen, but the crossing over the Rhine remained closed to them.
| status =
| peace_treaty =
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg|rand|22px]] Baden-Palatine revolutionary army
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg|border|22px]] [[Prussia]]
| combatant3 =
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg|rand|22px]] Oberst Türr;<ref>Commanded the Volkswehr regiment in Ludwigshafen; Corvin (1861), p. 265. Türr was Hungarian and previously an ''Oberwachtmeister'' in the Austrian Army (Corvin p. 246)</ref> [[Otto von Corvin|Otto von Corvin-Wiersbitzki]]<ref>for the bombardment</ref>
| commander2 = [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg|border|22px]] Major Künzel
| commander3 =
| strength1 = 800
| strength2 = 600
| strength3 =
| casualties1 = 17 dead; 9 wounded<ref>Staroste (1852), p. 183; without loss at the Schiff bridge</ref>
| casualties2 = 2 dead; 6 wounded<ref>Staroste (1852), Appendix 18; p. 286</ref>
| casualties3 =
| notes =
| campaignbox = {{Palatine Uprising}}
}}
The '''Battle of Ludwigshafen''' ({{lang-de|Gefecht von Ludwigshafen}}) and the subsequent [[bombardment]] of [[Ludwigshafen am Rhein|Ludwigshafen]] lasted from 15 to 18&nbsp;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.
 
{{Infobox Militärischer Konflikt
|conflict = Battle of Ludwigshafen
|partof = [[Palatine Uprising]]
|image = Ludwigshafen brennt 1849 06 15 F Artaria.jpg
|caption = Ludwigshafen burns - 15 June 1849
|date = 15–18 June 1849
|place = [[Ludwigshafen]]; [[Mannheim]]
|casus =
|regions =
|result = The Prussians occupied Ludwigshafen, but the crossing over the Rhine remained closed to them.
|status =
|peace_treaty =
|combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg|rand|22px]] Baden-Palatine revolutionary army
|combatant2 = {{Preußen-1803}} [[Prussia]]
|combatant3 =
|commander1 = [[File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg|rand|22px]] Oberst Türr;<ref>Commanded the Volkswehr regiment in Ludwigshafen; Corvin (1861), p. 265. Türr was Hungarian and previously an ''Oberwachtmeister'' in the Austrian Army (Corvin p. 246)</ref> [[Otto von Corvin|Otto von Corvin-Wiersbitzki]]<ref>for the bombardment</ref>
|commander2 = {{Preußen-1803|#}} Major Künzel
|commander3 =
|strength1 = 800
|strength2 = 600
|strength3 =
|casualties1 = 17 dead; 9 wounded<ref>Staroste (1852), p. 183; without loss at the Schiff bridge</ref>
|casualties2 = 2 dead; 6 wounded<ref>Staroste (1852), Appendix 18; p. 286</ref>
|casualties3 =
|notes =
|campaignbox ={{Palatine Uprising}}
}}
 
== Background ==
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== Literature ==
* Daniel Staroste: ''Tagebuch über die Ereignisse in der Pfalz und Baden im Jahre 1849: ein Erinnerungsbuch für die Zeitgenossen und für Alle, welche Theil nahmen an der Unterdrückung jenes Aufstandes'', Vol. 1, Potsdam, 1852, pp.&nbsp;181–184; 186–188 [https://books.google.com/books/about/Tagebuch_%C3%BCber_die_Ereignisse_in_der_Pfa.html?id=cKRDAAAAYAAJ at Google Books]
* Otto Fleischmann: ''Geschichte des pfälzischen Aufstandes im Jahre 1849: nach den zugänglichen Quellen geschildert'', E. Thieme, Kaiserslautern, 1899, pp.&nbsp;280–282 [https://archive.org/details/geschichtedespf01fleigoog at Internet.archive]
* Friedrich Walter: ''Geschichte Mannheims vom Übergang an Baden (1802) bis zur Gründung des Reiches'', Mannheim, 1907, pp.&nbsp;393–398 [https://books.google.com/books?id=f5MOAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y at Google Books]
* [[Otto von Corvin|Otto Julius Bernhard von Corvin-Wiersbitzki]]: ''Erinnerungen eines Volkskämpfers'', Gebrüder Binger, Amsterdam, 1861, Vol.&nbsp;3, pp.&nbsp;263–282 [https://books.google.com/books?id=WxlRAAAAcAAJ online at Google Books]
 
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[[Category:History of the Palatinate (region)]]
[[Category:German revolutions of 1848–1849]]
[[Category:Ludwigshafen]]
[[Category:Battles of the German revolutions of 1848–1849]]
[[Category:1849 in the German Confederation]]