Ryn

Ryn () is a town in northeastern Poland located southwest of Giżycko, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in Masuria. It had a population of 3,062 inhabitants as of December 31, 2004.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ryn
Settlement.image_shield: POL Ryn COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Zamek w Rynie wraz z Jeziorem Ryńskim.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ryn Castle and Lake Ryn
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Warmian-Masurian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Giżycko
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ryn
Settlement.area_total_km2: 4.09
Settlement.population_as_of: 2006
Settlement.population_total: 3006
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Official website

Miasto i Gmina Ryn – RYN Oficjalna strona Miasta i Gminy Ryn

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2765
Area: 4.09
Official website: www.miastoryn.pl
Image: Zamek Ryn (3).jpg

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Commons category: Ryn
Commons gallery: Ryn
P6482: Ryn
postal code: 11-520
male population: 1338
female population: 1427
P12749: Kerpen

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Ryn () is a town in northeastern Poland located southwest of Giżycko, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in Masuria. It had a population of 3,062 inhabitants as of December 31, 2004.

Ryn is located between and . Among the notable landmarks of the town are a former Ordensburg castle of the Teutonic Knights (erected ca. 1337) and a 19th-century Dutch windmill. Below the castle in the center of the town, a subterranean channel connects the Matussek pond, a shoaled bay of Lake Ołów, with Lake Ryn and the pond of a mill built by the Teutonic Knights.