Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 8 engagements

Stralsund: contested ground

The ground around Stralsund was fought over 8 times between 1628 and 1807: 1 battle and 7 sieges, in 5 different wars. All 8 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Siege of Stralsund, 1678Sieges of StralsundSiege of StralsundSiege of StralsundSiege of StralsundBlockade of StralsundSiege of Stralsund, 1807Siege of StralsundSiege of StralsundHamburgBremenSzczecinKielLübeckRostockOdenseBremerhaven200 km54.301N, 13.083E
8 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Siege of Stralsund, 1628Siege of Stralsund, 1678, 1678Sieges of Stralsund, 1711Siege of Stralsund, 1711Siege of Stralsund, 1712Siege of Stralsund, 1715Blockade of Stralsund, 1757Siege of Stralsund, 1807, 180716281807
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
1628Siege of StralsundStralsundThirty Years' War
10 October 1678Siege of Stralsund, 1678StralsundScanian War
7 September 1711Sieges of StralsundStralsundGreat Northern War
7 September 1711Siege of StralsundStralsundGreat Northern War
May 1712Siege of StralsundStralsundGreat Northern War
12 July 1715Siege of StralsundStralsundGreat Northern War
December 1757Blockade of StralsundStralsundPomeranian War
30 January 1807Siege of Stralsund, 1807StralsundNapoleonic Wars

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.