city and urban gmina in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland
Ketrzyn (until 1946 Rastembork; German: Rastenburg) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship in Poland, well known as the location of the Wolf's Lair war headquarters in the woods nearby.
Get in
editBy car
editSeveral local roads lead to Kętrzyn from nearby towns in Warmia-Masuria. These can be reached by from west and south and by
from south and east.
By bus
editThere is a temporary bus connection line (replacing rail connection) from Olsztyn which runs two courses daily (8:30 and 15:00, return 3 hours later)
Get around
editSee
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- 1 The Wolf's Lair (pl: Wilczy Szaniec, de: Wolfsschanze) (just east of Ketrzyn, accessible by car or touring car using a newly paved, but very narrow, road), ☏ +48 89 752 4429, kontakt@wolfsschanze.pl. 8:00 until dusk. The former Nazi Headquarters used by Hitler during World War 2. Visitors can tour freely or with a guide around the ruins of bunkers and other buildings of the former secret town. There is also a hotel at the site and a restaurant. It is possible (with no additional fee) to stay overnight in a tent or in a mobile home in the area; electricity and showers are available. Adults: 15 pln, Children and students: 10 pln, Parking (Car): 10 pln.
- 2 Teutonic Castle (Schloss Rastenburg), plac Zamkowy 1, ☏ +48 89 752 32 82. Tu-Su: 9:00—18:00.
Do
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edit- 1 Biedronka Supermarket, plac Słowiański 3, ☏ +48 800 080 010. M-Sa: 7:00—21:00. Su: 9:00—20:00.