Stębark
| Stębark | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Stębark | |
| Coordinates: 53°30′N 20°8′E / 53.500°N 20.133°E | |
| Country |
 Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Ostróda |
| Gmina | Grunwald |
| Population | 630 |
| Website | http://olsztynek.com.pl/ |
Stębark [ˈstɛmbark] German: Tannenberg is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Ostróda and 40 km (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has a population of 630. Prior to 1945 it was in East Prussia.
The immediate district is primarily known for two historic battles which took place there. On 15 July 1410 a united army of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with additional mercenary troops from Bohemia, defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald (or First Battle of Tannenberg).
In 1914 during World War I a German army under the command of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg won an important victory over two Russian armies in the Second Battle of Tannenberg (which actually took place closer to Olsztyn - then known as Allenstein - but was named as "Tannenberg" by the victorious Germans for propaganda purposes, to cast it as revenge for their medieval defeat) who had invaded East Prussia.
Tannenbergstellung (Battle of Tannenberg Line) refers to the World War II Eastern Front campaign which took place in Estonia through most of 1944.
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Coordinates: 53°30′N 20°8′E / 53.500°N 20.133°E