Karolewo, Kętrzyn County Explained

Karolewo
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kętrzyn
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Kętrzyn
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.0667°N 46°W
Population Total:592

Karolewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kętrzyn, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-east of Kętrzyn and 680NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The village was the location of the Carlshof Institutions from 1882 to 1940 which served as the Wolfschanze hospital from 1941 to 1945.[2]

Notes and References

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