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Kętrzyn

city and urban gmina in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland
Place urban_municipality_of_poland Q319397

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
urban municipality of Poland, human settlement[5]
Inception
1329[12]
Country
Poland, Nazi Germany, Poland[3]
Official website
www.miastoketrzyn.pl[13]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 54.077°, 21.375°, 🗺️ 54.077°, 21.375°
Capital of
Kętrzyn County, Biedaszki (gmina), Gromada Kętrzyn[19][20][21]
Area
+10.35[29]
Continent
Europe[4]
Described by source
Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia[16][17][18]
Different from
Wikidata item[27]
Elevation above sea level
+105[28]
Female population
+13774[24]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kętrzyn County, East Prussia[2]
Male population
+12400[25]
Named after
Wojciech Kętrzyński[6]
Native label
Kętrzyn[26]
Official name
Kętrzyn, Кентшин, Rastenburg, Растенбург, Rastembork[22][23]
Population
+27827, +26174[14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 27,827 · 26,174 GeoNames 27,478 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
11-400[11]
Twinned administrative body
Svetly, Volodymyr, Wesel, Zlaté Hory[7][8][9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rastanpils en Kętrzyn en Rastenburg en Rastembork da Rastenburg da Ketrzyn de Rastenburg de Rastembork de Rastanpils el Κέντσιν es Rastembork es Rastanpils es Rastemburgo es Rastenburg fa کنتشین fr Rastanpils fr Rastembourg fr Rastemburg fr Rastenburg he קנטז'ין
🔖 Identifiers · 26
VIAF cluster ID
158342425
Library of Congress authority ID
n85163622
GND ID
4048451-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kętrzyn, view from St. George's Basilica 01.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
45962
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/Poland/Provinces/Warminsko-mazurskie/Ketrzyn/
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--43832
FactGrid item ID
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Freebase ID
/m/0229ff
GNS Unique Feature ID
-507512
GeoNames ID
769274
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Kętrzyn
Show all 26 identifiers +14
Image Archive, Herder Institute
Kętrzyn
Lex ID
Kętrzyn
Museum-digital place ID
32877
MusicBrainz area ID
16c924b5-877d-48e9-8ca2-6b81eaf842bc
NL CR AUT ID
ge653792
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007567140605171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2979016
OpenWeatherMap city ID
769274
SIMC place ID
0964710
TERC municipality code
2808011
Topic's main category
Category:Kętrzyn
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10038024
Who's on First ID
101817773
Yale LUX ID
place/2c666582-17e5-4a99-ae2c-28e85223f243

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🔗 Connections
People born here 13
Arno Holz, Karl Bogislaus Reichert, Krzysztof Raczkowski, Krystyna Kacperczyk, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krzysztof Kononowicz, Czeslaw Lukaszewicz, Krzysztof Szatrawski +5 more
People who died here 5
Fritz Todt, Günther Korten, Heinz Brandt, Rudolf Schmundt, Alma Kar
Contained subdivisions 4
20 July plot, Wolf's Lair, Kętrzyn Castle, Saint George Basilica
Twinned administrative body 4
Wesel, Volodymyr, Svetly, Zlaté Hory
← Twinned administrative body 4
Wesel, Volodymyr, Svetly, Zlaté Hory
Country 2
Poland, Nazi Germany
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
Instance of 2
human settlement, urban municipality of Poland
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
East Prussia, Kętrzyn County
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Capital of 1
Kętrzyn County
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Kętrzyn
Continent 1
Europe
FactGrid item ID 1
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Kętrzyn
Named after 1
Wojciech Kętrzyński
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kętrzyn
← Capital 1
Kętrzyn County
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Births in Kętrzyn
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kętrzyn
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Kętrzyn County
← Headquarters location 1
Diocese of Masuria
← Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Kętrzyn
← Shares border with 1
Gmina Kętrzyn
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Summary

Kętrzyn is an urban municipality of Poland[1].

Related Entities

Fritz Todt Nazi Germany Poland Wesel

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  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → Kętrzyn
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.07666666666667, 'lon': 21.37527777777778}, {'lat': 54.07676, 'lon': 21.37527}
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