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Grunwald
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Ostróda |
| Gmina | Grunwald |
| Population | 800 |
Grunwald [ˈɡrunvalt] (German: Grünfelde, green field) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Ostróda and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has a population of 800.
After the Battle of Grunwald (also known as Battle of Tannenberg (1410)), the Polish king Jagiello intended to erect a chapel on the battlefield near Grünfelde[2] at „loco conflictus nostri ... dicto Grunenvelt“As he did win the battle, but not the war, the battle site remained under the control of the Teutonic Order, and they built a chapel dedicated to Mary instead. The chronicler Longinus later wrongly reported the name as Grunwald (which would mean green wood in German), and that name was used in Polish historiography.
In 1945, Grünfelde (German name) was taken over by Poland. A museum and memorial site are located in the fields where the battle was fought, roughly in the middle of a triangle, with Stębark (Tannenberg) and Łodwigowo (Ludwigsdorf).