Battle at the Scheideck

Contemporary lithograph of the battle

Date	20 April 1848
Location	Scheideck near Kandern
Result	Victory to the Baden and Hessian federal troops

Belligerents

Freischärler (rebel volunteers)

Grand Duchy of Baden;

Grand Duchy of Hesse

Commanders and leaders

General Friedrich von Gagern †
Colonel Heinrich Wilhelm von Hinckeldey

Strength

1,200

2,200

Casualties and losses

10 dead

4 dead; 15 wounded; 6 missing

v t e Battles during the Baden Revolution of 1848/49
Hecker Uprising (13–27 April 1848): Scheideck Günterstal Freiburg Dossenbach Struve Putsch (21–25 September 1848): Staufen Baden Mutiny (9 May – 23 July 1849): Heppenheim Weinheim Wald-Michelbach Ludwigshafen Käfertal Ladenburg I Hirschhorn Waghäusel Ladenburg II Sinsheim Ubstadt Durlach Gernsbach Rastatt

The Battle on the Scheideck (German: Gefecht auf der Scheideck or Scheidegg), also known as the Battle of Kandern (Gefecht bei Kandern) took place on 20 April 1848 during the Baden Revolution on the Scheideck Pass southeast of Kandern in south Baden in what is now southwest Germany. Friedrich Hecker's Baden band of revolutionaries encountered troops of the German Confederation under the command of General Friedrich von Gagern. After several negotiations and some skirmishing a short battle ensued on the Scheideck, in which von Gagern fell and the rebels were scattered. The German Federal Army took up the pursuit and dispersed a second revolutionary force that same day under the leadership of Joseph Weißhaar. The Battle on the Scheideck was the end of the road for the two rebel forces. After the battle, there were disputes over the circumstances of von Gagern's death.

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