Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 8 engagements

Kraków: contested ground

The ground around Kraków was fought over 8 times between 1345 and 1944: 4 battles, 3 sieges and 1 campaign, in 4 different wars. All 8 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Siege of Kraków (1345)Siege of KrakówSiege of KrakówBattle of Kraków (1914)second battle of KrakowLiberation of KrakowOperation "Ukrainian Committee"Siege of KrakówSiege of KrakówLvivKatowiceWrocławGliwiceOstravaBrnoLublinRzeszów200 km50.060N, 19.939E
8 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Siege of Kraków (1345), 1345Siege of Kraków, 1587Siege of Kraków, 1655Siege of Kraków, 1657Battle of Kraków (1914), 1914second battle of Krakow, 1914Liberation of Krakow, 1918Operation "Ukrainian Committee", 194413451944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
1345Siege of Kraków (1345)
1587Siege of KrakówKrakówWar of the Polish Succession
1655Siege of KrakówKrakówSecond Northern War
1 July 1657Siege of KrakówKrakówSecond Northern War
31 October 1914Battle of Kraków (1914)KrakówWorld War I
December 1914second battle of KrakowKrakówWorld War I
31 October 1918Liberation of KrakowKrakówWorld War I
1944Operation "Ukrainian Committee"World War II

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.