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Lechfeld, a plain to the south-east of Augsburg. It was the scene in 955 of a decisive victory won by the Emperor Otto I over the invading Hungarians (Schlacht auf dem Lechfelde), putting an end to their incursions which for half a century had brought slaughter and pillage.

 
 
(lĕkh'fĕlt) , plain near Augsburg, S Germany, drained by the Lech River. There in 955, King (later Emperor) Otto I defeated the Magyars and stopped their expansion into central Europe.


 
 

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