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Morąg ([ˈmɔrɔŋk]; ‹See Tfd› German: Mohrungen, [ˈmoːʁʊŋən] ⓘ) is a town in northern Poland in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Gmina Morąg (commune). Geography. The town is situated in the western uplands of the historic Prussia region.
In the Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807, most of a First French Empire corps under the leadership of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte fought a strong Russian Empire advance guard led by Major General Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov.
- 25 January 1807 [1]
- French Victory
The Jewish cemetery in Morąg (Mohrungen) was established in 1835, at present Jagiellończyka Street. It can be assumed that the necropolis was devastated by the Nazis and the years of post-war oblivion were conducive to further destruction.
The Battle of Eylau, or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, was a bloody and strategically inconclusive battle on 7 and 8 February 1807 between Napoleon 's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under the command of General Levin August von Bennigsen near the town of Preussisch Eylau in East Prussia. [13] .
Eclipsed by the bloodbath of Eylau, the battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807 has become something of a footnote in the history of Napoleon’s winter campaign in East Prussia and Poland. Here Marshal Bernadotte, (the Prince of Ponte-Corvo, to give him his Imperial title) clashed with the advanced guard of the Russians under Bennigsen.
The first timber watchtower, protected by lakes and swamps, was built by the Teutonic Order around 1280. Initially, the Mohrungen Castle served as a teutonic pfleger’s office, and then, from 1331, a vogt’s seat in the Elbląg commandry. Work on its construction was completed around 1380.
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