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Siege of Marienburg

Siege of Marienburg was a siege conducted on 28 September 1457 at Malbork Castle, in what is now Poland; it lasted 2.9 years. It was part of the Thirteen Years' War, which ran from 1454 to 1466. The recorded result: Polish victory.

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Picture taken in Malbork after Wikimania 2010 conference. Panorama of Malbork Castle, Żuławy region, Poland.
Picture taken in Malbork after Wikimania 2010 conference. Panorama of Malbork Castle, Żuławy region, Poland.. DerHexer; derivate work: Carschten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought28 September 1457lasted 2.9 years
WhereMalbork Castle, Poland54.028N, 19.044E
OutcomePolish victory
BelligerentsKingdom of PolandagainstState of the Teutonic Order
Part ofThirteen Years' War1454 to 1466

Where it sits in the Thirteen Years' War

Siege of Marienburg, 1454Battle of Chojnice, 1454Battle of Knipawa, 1455Siege of Marienburg, 1457Battle of Bornholm, 1460Battle of Świecino, 1462Battle of Vistula Lagoon, 146314541463Siege of Marienburg, 1457
7 placed engagements of the Thirteen Years' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date28 September 1457
to 5 August 1460
PlaceMalbork Castle, Poland
54.028N, 19.044E
KindSiege, medieval
Commanders
  • Casimir IV Jagiellon
  • Ulryk Czerwonka
  • Bernard Szumborski
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1410 and 1457.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1457

Siege of Marienburg is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11794888, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Marienburg (1457–1460), revision 1370743295, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.