The Battle of Isted took place on July 25, 1850, near the village of Idstedt

Idstedt

Idstedt is a village in Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located c. 10 km. NNW of the city of Schleswig and east of the Bundesautobahn 7.The Battle of Isted happened there on 24-25 July 1850 during the First War of Schleswig....

, today Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The battle was part of the First Schleswig War.

The battle began early in the morning at around 2:00 and lasted until 19:00. The Danish took 1072 unwounded and 411 wounded prisoners. The Danish victory broke the Holstein army for good.

The Isted Lion

Isted Lion

The Isted Lion , or ) is a Danish war monument originally intended as a monument of the Danish victory over Schleswig-Holstein in the Battle of Isted on July 25, 1850 — at its time the largest battle in Scandinavian history...

 commemorates the battle, which was at its time the largest in Scandinavian history. The battle's anniversary, July 25, is a military flag day in Denmark.

N. F. S. Grundtvig's song "Det var en sommermorgen" ("It was a summer morning") touches on the battle of Isted.