1. Wintered in central Saxony

    · Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Wintered in central Saxony
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    Charlemagne maintained unusual year-round pressure on the Saxon resistance by wintering with his forces around Minden. The source gives no narrower date within the 783–785 warfare.

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