Battle of Wogastisburg

Battle of Wogastisburg

Infobox Military Conflict
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date=631
place=Wogastisburg
result=Slavic victory
combatant1=Slavs|Sorbs
combatant2=Austrasians
commander1=King Samo
commander2=Dagobert I
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According to the contemporary "Chronicle of Fredegar", the battle of Wogastisburg was a battle between Slavs ("Sclav, cognomento Winidi") under King Samo and Franks under King Dagobert I in 631. The Frankish armies were advancing the area of Slavic tribal union in three streams - Alamanni, Langobards, and Austrasian Franks. The first two were quite successful, but the main fighting force was defeated in a three-day battle near Wogastisburg.

The site of the battle cannot be successfully located because the source, Fredegar's chronicle, gives no geographical specifications. Thus a lot of places claim to be connected with the battle (usually based on linguistic parallels and some excavations), such as Rubín hill near Podbořany (Bohemia), Úhošť hill near Kadaň (Bohemia), Bratislava (Slovakia),(Trenčín) (Slovakia),(Beckov) (Slovakia),(Vah river = Voga) (Slovakia), Staffelberg near Bad Staffelstein (Bavaria), Burk near Forchheim (Oberfranken), Vienna, and other places along the middle Danube etc.

In fact, there is no conclusive evidence for any of these locations and it is even possible that the term Wogastisburg referred only to a kind of a temporary "camp".


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