Wilamowo, Kętrzyn County

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Wilamowo
Village
Wilamowo is located in Poland
Wilamowo
Wilamowo
Coordinates: 54°3′12″N 21°25′45″E / 54.05333°N 21.42917°E / 54.05333; 21.42917
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyKętrzyn
GminaGmina Kętrzyn
Population
10

Wilamowo [vilaˈmɔvɔ] (German: Wilhelmsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kętrzyn, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 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). Until 1934 it belonged to the Carlshof Institutions, during World War II the airfield of the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarter in East Prussia, was located within the village.[2]

The village has a population of 10.

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°3′12″N 21°25′45″E / 54.05333°N 21.42917°E / 54.05333; 21.42917


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