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Karolewo, Kętrzyn County

Coordinates: 54°4′N 21°25′E / 54.067°N 21.417°E / 54.067; 21.417
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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
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyKętrzyn
GminaKętrzyn
Population
592

Karolewo [karɔˈlɛvɔ] 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.

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

References

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  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.