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Giżycko and Kętrzyn

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Difference between Giżycko and Kętrzyn

Giżycko vs. Kętrzyn

Giżycko (former Lec or Łuczany; Lötzen) is a town in northeastern Poland with 28,597 inhabitants as of December 2021. Kętrzyn (until 1946 Rastembork; Rastenburg) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,478 inhabitants (2019).

Similarities between Giżycko and Kętrzyn

Giżycko and Kętrzyn have 37 things in common (in Unionpedia): Association football, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Duchy of Prussia, Evacuation of East Prussia, Fief, Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), Germanisation, Germany, Gmina, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, List of sovereign states, Masurian Lake District, Napoleonic Wars, Poland, Polish people, Potsdam Agreement, Poznań, Prussian Confederation, Red Army, Sister city, Soviet Union, Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union, Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), Ukraine, Vehicle registration plates of Poland, ..., Vilnius Region, Voivodeships of Poland, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, Wehrmacht, Wojciech Kętrzyński, Wolf's Lair, World War II. Expand index (7 more) »

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Casimir IV Jagiellon

Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk; Lithuanian:; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.

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Duchy of Prussia

The Duchy of Prussia (Herzogtum Preußen, Księstwo Pruskie, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (Herzogliches Preußen; Prusy Książęce) was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State of the Teutonic Order until the Protestant Reformation in 1525.

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Evacuation of East Prussia

The evacuation of East Prussia was the movement of German civilian population and military personnel from East Prussia between 20 January and March 1945, that was initially organized and carried out by state authorities but quickly turned into a chaotic flight from the Red Army.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)

During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg (Neumark) and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.

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Germanisation

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gmina

The gmina (Polish:, plural gminy) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality.

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Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (also known as Johann Heinrich Dąbrowski (Dombrowski) in German and Jean Henri Dombrowski in French; 2 August 1755 – 6 June 1818) was a Polish general and statesman, widely respected after his death for his patriotic attitude, and described as a national hero who spent his whole life restoring the legacy of Poland.

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Königsberg

Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Masurian Lake District

The Masurian Lake District or Masurian Lake Land (Pojezierze Mazurskie) is a lake district in northeastern Poland within the geographical region of Masuria, in the past inhabited by Masurians who spoke the Masurian dialects.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Polish people

Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.

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Potsdam Agreement

The Potsdam Agreement (Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement among three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union after the war ended in Europe on 1 August 1945 and it was published the next day.

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Poznań

Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region.

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Prussian Confederation

The Prussian Confederation (Preußischer Bund, Związek Pruski) was an organization formed on 21 February 1440 at Kwidzyn (then officially Marienwerder) by a group of 53 nobles and clergy and 19 cities in Prussia, to oppose the arbitrariness of the Teutonic Knights.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union

Seventeen days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, the Soviet Union entered the eastern regions of Poland (known as the Kresy) and annexed territories totalling with a population of 13,299,000.

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Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)

This is the 1454-1466 Polish-Teutonic War.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Vehicle registration plates of Poland

Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate.

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Vilnius Region

Vilnius Region is the territory in present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time.

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Voivodeships of Poland

A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.

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Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Wojciech Kętrzyński

Wojciech Kętrzyński (born Adalbert von Winkler; 11 July 1838 – 15 January 1918), was a Polish historian and the director of the Ossolineum Library in Lemberg, then the capital of Galicia, Austrian Empire.

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Wolf's Lair

The Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze; Wilczy Szaniec) served as Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Giżycko and Kętrzyn Comparison

Giżycko has 111 relations, while Kętrzyn has 94. As they have in common 37, the Jaccard index is 18.05% = 37 / (111 + 94).

References

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