Woerth Travel Guide

 mtncorg Says:  A marked way utilizing farm roads loops from Woerth to Froeschwiller, then to Elsasshausen and back to Woerth over some of the most contested areas of the battle. As you walk, you will come past the majority of Prussian and French monuments – both regimental and private... 

 mtncorg Says:  Elsasshausen was the scene of some of the day’s heaviest fighting. The French right flank extended south from here but Prussian numbers slowly rolled it back. Mass graves are located here as are monuments to the elite Zouaves and Turcos – the 3rd Zouaves suffered 1,775... 

 mtncorg Says:  The most famous cavalry charge of the Franco-Prussian war was the Death Charge of von Bredow at Mars-de-la-Tour, but there were French charges too. Here, at the Niederwald, the French cavalry under General Michel charged to cover the withdrawal of the French right flank.... 

 mtncorg Says:  Erected by members of the 11th Hessian Field Artillery Regiment, this tower gives you an overview of the climactic areas of the battlefield, from the Gunstett-Niederwald area to the south, the immediate area of Elsasshausen and the fields to the north and Froeschwiller over... 

 mtncorg Says:  Along the Niederwald ridge extending south from Froeschwiller and Gunstett was the scene of early fighting on 6 August 1870 as the Prussians and the French launched themselves at each other. Along the busy road south out of Woerth you will find monuments to the 2nd Nassau... 

 mtncorg Says:  The road from Woerth to Froeschwiller goes up a steep hill. This was the terrain the Prussian V Corps had to attack over as they went after the French on 6 August 1870. They were driven back by superior French infantry fire, but would-be French counterattacks were broken up... 

 mtncorg Says:  Bavaria had fought alongside Austria - not effectively - against Prussia in 1866, so in 1870, they felt they had to prove themselves with their new allies. Two days before Woerth, they had thrown themselves foolhardily against an overwhelmed French division at Wissembourg... 

 mtncorg Says:  The French center was anchored around the village of Froeschwiller. At the end of the day, the center crumbled along with the village. The parish church was rebuilt by the German government following the war and dedicated as the Church of Peace. The stained glass windows...