Battle of Sankelmark

Part of the Second War of Schleswig

Date	February 5, 1864
Location	Sankelmark
Result	Danish victory

Belligerents

Prussia

Denmark

Commanders and leaders

Max Müller

Second Schleswig War

Mysunde Dannevirke Sankelmark Rügen Dybbøl Fredericia Heligoland Als Lundby

The Battle of Sankelmark was a minor battle during the Second Schleswig War. It occurred on 5 February 1864 at Sankelmark, on the road between Schleswig and Flensburg, during the Danish retreat after Dannevirke

Austrian troops gathered near the Danish rearguard near Sankelmark. A brigade consisting of troops from the Vendsyssel and Copenhagen under oberst Max Müller counter-attacked and thus secured the Danish force's withdrawal.