The Siege of Stralsund was a battle during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Empire defended her Swedish Pomeranian port of Stralsund against a coalition of Denmark-Norway, the Electorate of Saxony and the Tsardom of Russia, which was joined by Brandenburg-Prussia during the siege. Stralsund remained under Danish control until it was returned to Sweden by the Treaty of Frederiksborg.
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| - The Siege of Stralsund was a battle during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Empire defended her Swedish Pomeranian port of Stralsund against a coalition of Denmark-Norway, the Electorate of Saxony and the Tsardom of Russia, which was joined by Brandenburg-Prussia during the siege. Stralsund remained under Danish control until it was returned to Sweden by the Treaty of Frederiksborg.
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| Commander
| - Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
- Charles XII
- Frederick IV
- Magnus Stenbock
- Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten
- Frederick William I
- Gustav Dücker
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| - Memorial plate commemorating the siege
- Stralsund in 1715
- Great Northern War in Swedish Pomerania with Stralsund . Swedish Empire indicated in orange, Denmark in light ocre, Brandenburg-Prussia in baby blue, Brunswick-Lüneburg in dark pink, Electorate of Saxony in olive, Poland-Lithuania in yellow. Russian campaign arrows are shown in green, Danish in purple, Saxon-Polish-Lithuanian in ultramarine, Swedish in red, Prussian in light blue, and Hanoveranian in dark pink. Besieged towns are indicated by a collar of black rays.
- Map of Stralsund showing the siege army's positions in 1715
- Map of the Stralsund area showing the position of the siege armies in 1711 and 1712. Note that the map is not oriented northwards.
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- Charles XII escaped. The whole garnison was captured.
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| Result
| - Prussian-Danish-Saxon-Russian victory
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| - Belagerung von Stralsund 1711 bis 1712.jpg
- Großer Nordischer Krieg in Pommern.PNG
- Map of Stralsund and Rügen 1715.jpg
- Stralsund 1715.jpg
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| - The Siege of Stralsund was a battle during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Empire defended her Swedish Pomeranian port of Stralsund against a coalition of Denmark-Norway, the Electorate of Saxony and the Tsardom of Russia, which was joined by Brandenburg-Prussia during the siege. A first attempt to take Stralsund was made in 1711, when the allies closed in on the town. Swedish relief forced the coalition to withdraw from the fortifications, whereupon the besieging armies drew a wider ring along the lines of the Recknitz and Peene rivers. Magnus Stenbock's victory at Gadebusch for a short time distracted the allies, but after Stenbock's pursuit and subsequent defeat, Brandenburg-Prussia as well as Hanover, ruled in personal union with Great Britain, joined the anti-Swedish alliance. The allies agreed that Denmark should cede her claims to Bremen-Verden to Hanover, and in turn Denmark was promised the northern parts of Swedish Pomerania with Stralsund, while the southern parts were to become Prussian. In 1714, Charles XII of Sweden rode to Stralsund from his Turkish exile to lead the defense in person. From 12 July to 24 December 1715, the allies sieged the town and eventually forced its surrender. Charles XII escaped to Sweden. Stralsund remained under Danish control until it was returned to Sweden by the Treaty of Frederiksborg.
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