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==History== ==History==
The town was previously known as Ortelsburg, ] after the ] ] (1349-1371), the builder of Ortulfsburg. The first mention of Szczytno was in 1360 on the arrival of ]n colonists. The town was previously known by the ] name ''Ortelsburg'', after the ] ] (1349-1371), the builder of the castle Ortulfsburg in ]. The first mention of Szczytno was in 1360 on the arrival of ]n colonists.


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Szczytno is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,500 inhabitants (1995).

Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Olsztyn Voivodship (1975-1998).

History

The town was previously known by the German name Ortelsburg, after the Teutonic Knight Ortolf von Trier (1349-1371), the builder of the castle Ortulfsburg in East Prussia. The first mention of Szczytno was in 1360 on the arrival of Masovian colonists.

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