Stębark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. The village is chiefly known for two historic battles wh
Holy Trinity Church
Museum of the Battle of Grunwald
The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the
Stębark
…northern Poland. The village is chiefly known for two historic battles which took place there or nearby: the 1410 Battle of Grunwald and the (Second) Battle of Tannenberg in World War I. It is situated on the western edge of the historic Masuria region, southeast of the Dylewska Góra range…
Russian prisoners of war after the battle
Vivat ribbon commemorating the Battle of Tannenberg, showing Wilhelm II and "Hindenburg the victor of Tannenberg"
Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg
Movements of 23–26 August 1914, with Germans in red and Russians in blue