KetčinasA town of 30,000 people in the Great Masurian Lakes District, Ketrzyn has several historic sights and other traces of its Teutonic past. While the town is worth visiting for its own sake, it is also ideally situated for touring the Great Lakes, the castle in Reszel and the Pilgrimage Sanctuary in Swieta Lipka. The village of Gierloz, lying just 8 km east of Ketrzyn, was the location of Hitler’s wartime headquarters known as the Wolf’s Lair.
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Arguably the biggest attraction in Ketrzyn is the Teutonic castle, now housing the municipal library and the Wojciech Ketrzynski Museum (named after a local patriot). The museum collects and exhibits documents and scientific artefacts from the area. It also features historical and modern art exhibitions.
GEOGRAFIJA
A town in northeastern Poland, in the northern part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, Ketrzyn has a total urban and rural area of 1034 ha. It is conveniently located at the crossroads of several routes leading to other towns of the region, including Wegorzewo, Mragowo, Bartoszyce and Gizycko. From here, the Polish-Russian border crossing in Bezledy can be reached by driving 60 km north.
ISTORIJA
The foundation of the town of Ketrzyn, or Rastenburg as it was once called, goes back to the 14th century. It was established by the Order of Teutonic Knights, after they had captured a local Prussian settlement known as Rast. At that time, on the site of the future brick-built castle was a timber watchtower. Around it, a settlement developed, which received urban rights in 1357. Shortly after that began the building of St George’s Church, the castle and the battlements. |
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