Wilamowo, Kętrzyn County Explained

Wilamowo
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
Coordinates:54.0533°N 21.4292°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:10

Wilamowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kętrzyn, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south-east of Kętrzyn and 680NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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]

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.