Epenwöhrden

Epenwöhrden is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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German location.image_flag: Flagge Epenwöhrden.png
German location.image_coa: DEU Epenwöhrden COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Epenwoehrden in HEI.png
German location.state: Schleswig-Holstein
German location.district: Dithmarschen
German location.Amt: Mitteldithmarschen
German location.elevation: 0
German location.area: 13.52
German location.postal_code: 25704
German location.area_code: 04832
German location.licence: HEI
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 01 0 51 028

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Epenwöhrden is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

==History== Epenwöhrden, south of Hemmingstedt, was the venue of the Battle of Hemmingstedt. In 1500 the militia of the then Farmers' Republic of Ditmarsh, led by Wulf Isebrand, defeated an army of Hans, king of the Kalmar Union, composed of Jutes, Holsteiners, and Dutch mercenaries.