Pratzen Heights

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Pratzen Heights is a strategically significant elevated plateau near Austerlitz in the Czech Republic, best known as the central high ground contested during Napoleon’s decisive 1805 victory at the Battle of Austerlitz.

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Pratzen Heights canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield location ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
battleOutcomeAssociated decisive French victory ⓘ
commandedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
dateOfEvent 2 December 1805 ⓘ
hasRole strategic high ground ⓘ
heritageStatus historical site ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
knownFor Napoleon’s 1805 victory at Austerlitz ⓘ
central position in the Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
locatedIn South Moravian Region ⓘ
linked to: South Moravia
locatedNear Austerlitz ⓘ
locatedOn Moravian plateau ⓘ
memorial Peace Monument on Pratzen Heights ⓘ
nearbyCity Brno ⓘ
nearbySettlement Slavkov u Brna ⓘ
opposedBy Holy Roman Emperor Francis II ⓘ
Tsar Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
partOf Austerlitz battlefield ⓘ
strategicSignificance controls lines of sight over Austerlitz battlefield ⓘ
dominates surrounding terrain ⓘ
tacticalUse key position for artillery deployment ⓘ
pivot for French counterattack at Austerlitz ⓘ
tourism visited as a Napoleonic battlefield site ⓘ
usedBy Austrian army ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Army

French army ⓘ
linked to: French Army

Russian army ⓘ
linked to: Russian Army

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Battle of Austerlitz → hasTerrainFeature → Pratzen Heights ⓘ
Slavkov Castle → nearbySite → Pratzen Heights ⓘ
Austerlitz battlefield → hasPart → Pratzen Heights ⓘ