Siege of Tönning

Siege of Tönning
Part of the Great Northern War

Tönning defensive works
Date1st: March–August 1700
2nd: 1713–February 1714
Location
Tönning (Tønning) area, Holstein-Gottorp (present-day Germany)
Result 1700: siege lifted , Peace of Travendal
1713–1714: Allied victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire
Holstein-Gottorp		 Denmark–Norway
(1700; 1713–1714)
 Saxony (1713–1714)
Tsardom of Russia (1713–1714)
Commanders and leaders
Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700)
Nils Gyllenstierna (1700)
Magnus Stenbock (1713–1714)		 Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov (1713–1714)
Units involved
 Norwegian Infantry Regiment
Strength
9,000 Swedes (1713–1714)
1,600 Holsteiners (1713–1714)		 36,000 (1713–1714)

During the Great Northern War, the fortress of Tönning (Danish: Tønning) in the territory of Holstein-Gottorp, an ally of the Swedish Empire, was besieged twice. Denmark–Norway was forced to lift the first siege in 1700, but a combined force of the anti-Swedish coalition successfully besieged and took Tönning in 1713–1714.

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