1. Spent Christmas in a Saxon field camp

    · Lügde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Spent Christmas in a Saxon field camp
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    Breaking with the normal seasonal rhythm of campaigning, Charlemagne celebrated Christmas in a military camp near Lügde and Schiederburg. Coordinates represent modern Lügde; the camp was described as near Schiederburg on the Emmer.

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