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Höchstädt

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Town in Bavaria. Its claim to fame for British history is a battle in 1704, which the British troops won. Victory also gave them linguistic liberty, so the battle was named "battle of Blindheim" (after a place nearby), which later became Blenheim. See Battle of Blenheim and Blenheim Palace.


Source

http://www.hoechstaedt.de/.