Grunwald
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Grunwald may refer to:
- Battle of GrunwaldBattle of GrunwaldThe Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Jogaila and Grand Duke Vytautas , decisively defeated the Teutonic Knights, led...
, a decisive battle fought in 1410 in what is now northern Poland - Grunwald, Warmian-Masurian VoivodeshipGrunwald, Warmian-Masurian VoivodeshipGrunwald is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...
, a village near the site of the battle - Gmina GrunwaldGmina GrunwaldGmina Grunwald is a rural gmina in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Gmina Grunwald is divided into 19 sołectwos. The villages with the largest population are Gierzwałd, which dates back to the 14th century, and Zybułtowo. Gierzwałd is the administrative seat of the...
, a municipality containing the village of Grunwald - Grunwald, Poznań, a district of the city of Poznań in western Poland
- Grunwald PoznańGrunwald PoznanGrunwald Poznań is a sports club based in Poznań, Poland, with several sections:* field hockey * shooting * Wrestling * Handball * Orienteering * Tennis...
, a sports club with sections for field hockey, shooting, wrestling, handball and tennis - Grunwald Monument (Pomnik Grunwaldzki), erected in 1910 in KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland - Grunwald, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in central Poland
- Grunwald, a sanatorium in Sokołowsko, Poland
People with the surname Grunwald
- Anatole de GrunwaldAnatole de GrunwaldAnatole "Tolly" de Grunwald was a British film producer and screenwriter.Anatole de Grunwald was born in Petrograd , Russia, the son of a diplomat in the service of Tsar Nicholas II. He was seven years old when his father was forced to flee with his family to England during the 1917 Bolshevik...
, Russian-British film producer and screen-writer - Ash GrunwaldAsh GrunwaldAsh Grunwald is an Australian radio announcer and blues musician.-Early career:...
, Australian blues singer - Glen GrunwaldGlen GrunwaldGlen Grunwald is currently the senior vice president for basketball operations of the New York Knicks of the NBA. He is best known as the former general manager of the Toronto Raptors, a role he filled from March 1998 until April 2004....
, former GM of the Toronto Raptors - Henry Grunwald (Time editor), born Heinz Anatol Grünwald (1922–2005), U.S. journalist and diplomat
- Lisa GrunwaldLisa Grunwald- Biography :She is the author of several well-received novels. With her husband, Stephen J. Adler, she has edited two best-selling anthologies: Letters of the Century and Women's Letters . Grunwald has also been a full-time editor and writer at the magazines Esquire, Avenue, and Life, and has...
, U.S. author - Wilhelm GrunwaldWilhelm GrunwaldWilhelm Grunwald was a German mathematician who introduced the Grunwald–Wang theorem, though his original statement and proof of this contained a small error that was corrected by Shianghao Wang. He later left mathematics to become a science librarian, and was director of the Göttingen university...
, mathematician
See also
- GreenwaldGreenwaldGreenwald may refer to:* Greenwald, Minnesota, USAGreenwald as a surname may refer to:* Greenwald family, the rabbinic family of Puppa , originated from Hungary* Alex Greenwald , American musician and actor...
- Grünwald (disambiguation)Grünwald (disambiguation)Grünwald is German for "green forest" and may refer to:* Grünwald, Austria, district of Aigen im Mühlkreis, Rohrbach, Austria* Grünwald, Bavaria, municipality south of Munich, GermanyAs a surname:...
- Grünewald (disambiguation)