Rastenburg, East Prussia

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Rastenburg, East Prussia was a town in former northeastern Germany (now Kętrzyn, Poland) best known as the site of Adolf Hitler’s wartime military headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair.

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Rastenburg 1
Rastenburg, East Prussia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
town
administrativeRole seat of Landkreis Rastenburg
after1945PopulationChange expulsion of German population
resettlement by Poles
associatedWith assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler of 20 July 1944
coordinatesApprox 54.08°N 21.38°E
country Germany NERFINISHED
currentNameLanguage Polish name Kętrzyn
formerSovereignState Duchy of Prussia NERFINISHED
German Reich NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
geographicFeature located in northeastern Germany (historical)
germanNameOf Kętrzyn NERFINISHED
historicalEra 19th century
Interwar period NERFINISHED
World War II
knownFor Adolf Hitler’s wartime military headquarters
Wolf’s Lair NERFINISHED
languageHistoricallySpoken German
Masurian NERFINISHED
Polish
locatedIn East Prussia NERFINISHED
Free State of Prussia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
Province of East Prussia NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
locatedNear Masurian Lakes NERFINISHED
near Wolfsschanze NERFINISHED
nowPartOf Kętrzyn NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
partOf German Empire NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
post1945Status ceded to Poland
renamed Kętrzyn
region Masuria NERFINISHED
religionHistorically Catholic minority
Protestant majority
timeZoneHistorical Central European Time NERFINISHED
transport railway connection in East Prussia
usedAs military garrison town

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20 July plot location Rastenburg, East Prussia
Kętrzyn hasHistoricalName Rastenburg, East Prussia
this entity surface form: Rastenburg