siege, early modern

Siege of Stettin

Name: Siege of Stettin
Start: 1677-06-25
Location: Szczecin, Poland

Siege of Stettin was a siege conducted on 25 June 1677 at Szczecin, in what is now Poland; it lasted 6 months. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 2,000–3,000 men against 20,000–22,200 men; 110 guns; 25 mortars.

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Fought25 June 1677lasted 6 months

WhereSzczecin, Poland53.425N, 14.555E

OutcomeAllied victory

BelligerentsSwedish EmpireagainstMargraviate of Brandenburg; Denmark–Norway; Principality of Lüneburg

Casualties and losses1,300–2,700 killedand4,289 killed; 316 wounded

Record

Date	25 June 1677 to 15 December 1677
Place	Szczecin, Poland 53.425N, 14.555E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Stettin is conquered by the allied troops
Strength	2,000–3,000 men	20,000–22,200 men; 110 guns; 25 mortars
Casualties and losses	1,300–2,700 killed	4,289 killed; 316 wounded; 2,000 civilians killed
Commanders	Frederick William, the Great Elector

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Stettin 1713, same recorded site
Siege of Stettin 1659, 1.0 km NW
Assault on Greifenhagen 1630, 20 km S
Battle of Cedynia AD 972, 20 km S
Battle of Frisches Haff 1759, 50 km NW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1659 and 1713.

Elsewhere in 1677

Siege of Stettin is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q52731417, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Stettin (1677), revision 1375614163, 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.