Żabiny
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Warmia-Masuria | ||
| Powiat : | Działdowski | ||
| Gmina : | Rybno | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 21 ' N , 19 ° 59' E | ||
| Height : | 161 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 640 (2010) | ||
| Postal code : | 13-220 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 23 | ||
| License plate : | NDZ | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Ext. 538 Uzdowo - Nowe Miasto Lubawskie | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
Żabiny (German Seeben ) is a village in the powiat Działdowski in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship . It is in the immediate vicinity of the village of Rybno (German: Ribben) , to whose rural community it belongs.
history
Seeben became famous for the Tannenberg Battle , during which General Hermann von François received the order on August 26, 1914 to proceed to Usdau . But he only managed to take the heights of Seeben. Allegedly the artillery should not have arrived yet. Usdau ( Polish: Uzdowo ) could only be taken on the following day . This delay, whether consciously or unconsciously, was critical to the outcome of the battle.
literature
- Max Hoffmann : Tannenberg as it really was. Verlag für Kulturpolitik, Berlin 1926.