The Battle of Vistula Lagoon ( or Zatoka Świeża) was fought on September 15, 1463 between the Teutonic Order navy, and the navy of Prussian Confederation

Prussian Confederation

The Prussian Confederation was an organization formed in 1440 by a group of 53 gentry and clergy and 19 cities in Prussia to oppose the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights. It was based on the basis of an earlier similar organization, the Lizard Union...

 which was allied with the King of Poland.

The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Ludwig von Erlichshausen

Ludwig von Erlichshausen

Ludwig von Erlichshausen was the 31st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1449/1450 to 1467.As did his uncle and predecessor Konrad von Erlichshausen, Ludwig came from Ellrichshausen in Swabia, now part of Satteldorf in Baden-Württemberg.Ludwig was aide to Grand Master Paul von...

, was leading the Teutonic fleet, attempting to come to the aid of the besieged city of Mewe (Gniew) via the Vistula

Vistula

The Vistula is the longest and the most important river in Poland, at 1,047 km in length. The watershed area of the Vistula is , of which lies within Poland ....

 river. Despite having fewer ships, the Prussians with their naval experience as Hanseatic League

Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...

members remained victorious, gaining control of the Vistula.

External links

• Course of events
• Daniel Stone, The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795, 2001, ISBN 0295980931 http://books.google.com/books?id=LFgB_l4SdHAC&pg=PA29&dq=September+1463+vistula&lr=&sig=PNWBXGYrLrKWPhIP9TmakRGhJJ8#PPA29,M1