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Tannenberg, Saxony Tannenberg is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. History From 1952 to 1990, Tannenberg was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GD ...
, a town in the district of Annaberg in the German state of Saxony * Tannenberg, East Prussia, modern
Stębark Stębark (1945-46 ''Sztymbark'', german: Tannenberg) 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 ...
in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland


People

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David Tannenberg David Tannenberg (1728–1804) was a Moravian organ builder who emigrated to Pennsylvania. He is cited as the most important American organ-builder of his time. He constructed a number of organs during his lifetime, as well as other keyboard i ...
, a Moravian organ builder


First World War

* Battle of Tannenberg (1410) or Battle of Grunwald *
Battle of Tannenberg (1914) 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 almost complete destruction of the Russi ...
in World War I *
Tannenberg Memorial The Tannenberg Memorial () was a monument to the German soldiers of the Battle of Tannenberg, the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes and the medieval Battle of Tannenberg (1410). The victorious German commander, ''Generalfeldmarschall'' Paul vo ...
, commemorating the World War I battle * ''Tannenberg'' (video game), a first-person computer game set in WW1


Inter-war period

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Tannenbergbund The ''Tannenbergbund'' (, Tannenberg Union, TB) was a nationalist German political society formed in September 1925 at the instigation of Konstantin Hierl under the patronage of the former German Army general Erich Ludendorff. Part of the Völki ...
, a far right German political society founded by the German Army general Erich Ludendorff in 1925 * ''Tannenberg'' (film), a 1932 Swiss-German War film *
Tannenberg (typeface) Tannenberg is a Fraktur-family blackletter typeface, developed between 1933 and 1935 by Erich Meyer at the type foundry D. Stempel AG D. Stempel AG was a German type foundry, typographic foundry founded by David Stempel (1869–1927), in F ...
, a Fraktur-family sans-serif type face designed in 1934


Second World War

* Operation Tannenberg, codename of an extermination action directed at the Polish people during World War II *
Tannenberg (minelayer) Tannenberg may refer to * Tannenberg, Saxony, a town in the district of Annaberg in the German state of Saxony * Tannenberg, East Prussia, modern Stębark in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland * Battle of Tannenberg (1410) or Battle of Grun ...
, a World War II era German minelayer converted from civilian vessel, see
List of World War II ships This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing ...
* V 303 ''Tannenberg'', a World War II ''vorpostenboot'', served as a civilian fishing trawler pre- and post-war *
Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg ''Führerhauptquartier'' Tannenberg (also known as "Installation T") was a ''Führer'' Headquarters built in 1939 for use as a military command and control facility by Adolf Hitler. It was located near Freudenstadt and Hitler stayed there for a ...
, a Headquarters *
Battle of Tannenberg Line The Battle of Tannenberg Line (german: Die Schlacht um die Tannenbergstellung; russian: Битва за линию «Танненберг») or the Battle of the Blue Hills ( et, Sinimägede lahing) was a military engagement between the Germ ...
in World War II, fought in 1944 in Estonia


See also

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Danneberg Danneberg is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Robert Danneberg (1882-1942), Austrian politician *Thomas Danneberg (born 1942), German actor Sports *Jochen Danneberg (born 1953), East German ski jumper *Rolf Danneberg ( ...
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Dannenberg (disambiguation) Dannenberg may refer to: Places * Dannenberg (Elbe), a town in Germany * County of Dannenberg, a medieval fief founded by Henry the Lion * Dannenberg, Pommern, German name of Domysłów, modern Poland Other uses * Dannenberg (surname) Dannenb ...
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Tanneberger Tanneberger may refer to: * André Tanneberger (born 1973), birth name of "ATB", German DJ, musician, and producer * Marcus Tanneberger (born 1987), German violinist * Stephan Tanneberger (1935–2018), German oncologist and chemist See also * ...
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