The decision of the duke of Holstein-Gottorp to open Tönning to Stenbock as well as the brokering of the Swedish surrender is ascribed to baron Georg Heinrich von Görtz, a diplomat at Charles Frederick's court.
Beslutningen, som hertugen af ​​Holsten-Gottorp havde taget om at åbne Tønning for Stenbock samt formidlingen af den svenske overgivelse tilskrives baron Georg Heinrich von Görtz, en diplomat ved Carl Frederiks hof.