Tannenberg may refer to

Places

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 known as the German Democratic Re ...

, a town in the district of Annaberg in the German state of Saxony * Tannenberg, East Prussia, modern

Stębark Stębark 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 which took place there or nearby: the 1410 Ba ...

in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

People

David Tannenberg David Tannenberg (1728–1804) was a Moravians (ethnic group), 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 ...

, a Moravian organ builder

Middle Ages

Battle of Tannenberg (1410) The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russian Empire, Russia and German Empire, Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost co ...

or Battle of Grunwald

First World War

Battle of Tannenberg (1914) The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russ ...

in World War I *

Tannenberg Memorial The Tannenberg Memorial () was a monument to the German soldiers of the Battle of Tannenberg and the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes during World War I, as well as the medieval Battle of Tannenberg of 1410. The victorious German commander ...

, commemorating the World War I battle * ''Tannenberg'' (video game), a first-person computer game set in WW1

Inter-war period

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 Völkis ...

, 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), a Fraktur-family sans-serif type face designed in 1934

Second World War

Operation Tannenberg Operation Tannenberg (, ) was one of the first Anti-Polish sentiment, anti-Polish extermination actions by Nazi Germany in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occupied Poland from September 1939 to January 1940. The operation was conducted ...

, codename of an extermination action directed at the Polish people during World War II * Tannenberg (minelayer), a World War II era German minelayer converted from civilian vessel, see List of World War II ships * V 303 ''Tannenberg'', a World War II ''vorpostenboot'', served as a civilian fishing trawler pre- and post-war * Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg, a Headquarters *

Battle of Tannenberg Line The Battle of Tannenberg Line (; ) or the Battle of the Blue Hills () was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment Narwa and the Soviet Leningrad Front. They fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 Jul ...