Frygnowo (GermanFrogenau) is a village in northern Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodship. Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodship since 1999 Coat of Arms of Warmia-Masuria Warmia i Mazury (officially, the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland. ...
In 1914 the fields around the village were the main battlefield of the Battle of Tannenberg, which was eventually named after the nearby village of StÄ™bark (Tannenberg), from where the final victory note was dispatched by the German commanders. 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Battle of Tannenberg of 1914 was a decisive conflict between Russia and Germany in the first days of World War I. The Russian 1st and 2nd Armies and the German Eighth Army fought from August 17 to September 2, 1914. ... Stębark (German:Tannenberg) is a village in Poland. ...
The German field commander, General Hermann Francois[?], allowed the 2nd Army to advance, and then cut them off from their already tenuous supply route.
This forced massive surrenders and the almost complete destruction of the 2nd Army near Frogenau[?].
However, General Erich von Ludendorff, the chief of staff for new theatre commander Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg dated the official dispatch reporting the victory from the nearby village of Tannenberg, and the battle is thus known to history.
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