Otyń [ˈɔtɨɲ] (German: Deutsch-Wartenberg)[2] is a town[3] in western Poland, located in the Nowa Sól County, Lubusz Voivodeship.

[4] Since the late Middle Ages, the town has changed owners many times, it was even the object of armed conflicts.

[4] The Gothic palace and church of Otyń were a property of the Society of Jesus from 1661 until its suppression in 1776, Duke Peter von Biron of Courland and Semigallia bought it in 1787 and called the place Deutsch-Wartenberg to distinguish it from his estates in Syców (German: Polnisch Wartenberg).

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the town was a pilgrimage destination for Catholics from both Lower Silesia and Greater Poland.

[4] In the autumn of 1944, both residents and forced laborers were directed by the Germans to fortification works on the Oder river.