Großrinderfeld is a municipality in southwestern

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, in the state of

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. It is located between

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and

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. Großrinderfeld consists of the four villages of Großrinderfeld, Gerchsheim, Schönfeld and Ilmspan.

History

* Until 1803, Großrinderfeld belonged to the " Kurfürstentum Mainz", then it became part of the

Grand Duchy of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. The duchy's 12th-century origins were as a Margravia ...

* On 25 July 1866 the area of Großrinderfeld and the village Gerchsheim were the place of one of the last combats of the

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War (German: ''Preußisch-Österreichischer Krieg''), also known by many other names,Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Second War of Unification, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), ''Deutsc ...

. The

Prussians Prussia () was a German state that formed the German Empire in 1871. Prussia or Prussian may also refer to: *Prussia (region), a historical region on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea that lent its name to the later German state Count ...

there defeated troops of the South-German allies of

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during the

Campaign of the Main The Campaign of the Main (in German: ''Mainfeldzug'') was a campaign of the Prussian Army in the area of the River Main against the allies of Austria in southern Germany during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Preliminary campaign While the gr ...

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language Literary realism, realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he i ...

: ''Der deutsche Krieg von 1866. Der Feldzug in West- und Mitteldeutschland''. Berlin 1871. p. 222-22
digitalised
/ref> * In 1975 the three villages of Gerchsheim, Schönfeld und Ilmspan have been merged with Großrinderfeld to form greater Großrinderfeld

References

External links

official homepage (German only)

private site, some English content
Main-Tauber-Kreis {{MainTauber-geo-stub