It was one of the largest battles in medieval Europe and one of the most important and magnificent victories in the history of Poland and Lithuania.

After the battle, the King of Poland, Władysław II Jagiełło, intended to erect a chapel on the battlefield[4] at "loco conflictus nostri ... dicto Grunenvelt".

In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.

After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in accordance to the Potsdam Agreement, the village became again part of Poland.

A museum and memorial site are located in the fields where the battle was fought, roughly in the middle of a triangle, with Stębark and Łodwigowo.