Eduard Schlagintweit (23 March 1831 – 10 July, 1866) was the third of the five

Schlagintweit Schlagintweit is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * A German family of 5 brothers, all explorers and scholars: **Hermann Schlagintweit (1826–1882), German explorer of Central Asia **Adolf Schlagintweit (1829–1857) ** Eduar ...

brothers of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

Life

He wrote an account of the 1859–1860 Spanish-Moroccan War. He was killed in the

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...

, at the

Battle of Kissingen The Battle of Kissingen was a battle between Bavarian and Prussian troops on 10 July 1866 during the Austrian-Prussian War in and around the town of Kissingen (today: Bad Kissingen) in Bavaria. It was part of the campaign of the Main and ended wi ...

on 10 July, 1866

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* Writers from Munich Writers from the Kingdom of Bavaria 1831 births 1866 deaths German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub