Karolewo, Kętrzyn County

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Karolewo
Village
Karolewo is located in Poland
Karolewo
Karolewo
Coordinates: 54°4′N 21°25′E / 54.067°N 21.417°E / 54.067; 21.417
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyKętrzyn
GminaGmina Kętrzyn
Population
592

Karolewo [karɔˈlɛvɔ] (German Carlshof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kętrzyn, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Kętrzyn and 68 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). The village was the location of the Carlshof Institutions from 1882 to 1940 which served as the Wolfschanze hospital from 1941 to 1945.[2]

The village has a population of 592.

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Böhm, Boris; Markwardt, Hagen; Rottleb, Ulrich (2015). „Wird heute nach einer Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt in Sachsen überführt“ – Die Ermordung ostpreußischer Patienten in der nationalsozialistischen Tötungsanstalt Pirna-Sonnenstein im Jahre 1941 (in German). Leipziger Universitätsverlag. pp. 41 ff. ISBN 978-3-86583-976-3.


Coordinates: 54°04′26″N 21°25′08″E / 54.0738888889°N 21.4188888889°E / 54.0738888889; 21.4188888889


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