Rößel

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Rößel is the former German name of the historic town now known as Reszel, located in northeastern Poland.

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Label Occurrences
Rößel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former German exonym
historical place name
associatedWithDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Warmia
associatedWithOrder Teutonic Knights
linked to: Teutonic Order
country German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
countryPresentDayLocation Republic of Poland
formerAdministrativeRole seat of a district (Kreis Rößel) in East Prussia
hasHeritage Gothic and Baroque architecture
medieval urban layout
hasNotableBuilding Gothic parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Reszel
Rößel Castle
historicalEvent transferred from Germany to Poland after World War II
historicalRegion Ermland
Warmia
languageOfName German
locatedIn East Prussia
Province of East Prussia
linked to: East Prussia

Warmia
northeastern Europe
linked to: Northern Europe
locatedInPresentDay Kętrzyn County
Poland
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
locatedOnRiver Sajna River
modernName Reszel
nearbyCity Kętrzyn
Olsztyn
partOf Kingdom of Poland (as fief via Teutonic/Prussian states)
linked to: Royal Prussia

Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
State of the Teutonic Order
post1945NameChange German name Rößel replaced by Polish name Reszel
refersTo Reszel
religiousAffiliationHistorically strongly Catholic town in predominantly Protestant East Prussia
timeZonePresentDayLocation Central European Time
usedUntil 1945

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Reszel formerName Rößel