Battle of Isted [SEP] point in time
Battle of Isted
The Battle of Isted (; ) took place on 25 July 1850 near the village of Idstedt (Danish: "Isted"), in what is today Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The battle was part of the First Schleswig War.
The battle began early in the morning at around 2:00 and lasted until 19:00. The Danish took 1,072 unwounded and 411 wounded prisoners. The Danish victory failed to break the Schleswig-Holsteinian army and the war continued until 1851.
The Isted Lion commemorates the battle
determining factor in the Danish victory was the superiority of the Danish infantry in morale and training.
The Battle of Isted was the largest in the history of the Nordic countries until the Winter War of 1939-1940. In the years after the First Schleswig War, Isted became a symbol of the Danish victory. In memory of the battle the famous Isted Lion was erected on the cemetery of Flensburg where many of the fallen soldiers were buried.