226 dead; 484 wounded, 1,759 missing soldiers and prisoners The Battle of Aschaffenburg, sometimes also called The Skirmishes Near Aschaffenburg, was a battle of the Austro-Prussian War on 14 July 1866 between pitting the armies of Prussia on the one hand and parts of the VIII Corps of the German Federal Army on the other side which primarily consisted of soldiers from the Austrian Empire, Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Kassel.

The Prussians under General August Karl von Goeben advanced over the Spessart on 14 July 1866, where they had been involved in a battle with Hessian-Darmstadt troops near Laufach the day before .

To defend Aschaffenburg, the federal troops had taken up positions along the railway line and in the pheasantry east of the city.

The Austrian troops finally had to retreat into the city across open fields, suffering great losses from Prussian rapid fire.

In the area east of the city limits, where a large part of the fighting took place at that time, the Austrian memorial stands today, commemorating those who fell during those event.

14, it is reported about the battles near Aschaffenburg that after the 4th field division had been defeated and withdrew over the Main, the hussars should take the rear guard.