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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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.