Pieckowo
Pieckowo | |
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 Pötschendorf in the 1900s, showing the palace, school building (1907), the rail station (1908) and the lake | |
  Pieckowo | |
| Coordinates: 54°02′49″N 21°15′03″E / 54.04694°N 21.25083°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| Powiat | Kętrzyn County |
| sołectwo | Pieckowo |
| Elevation | 129 m (426 ft) |
| Population (2007) | 288 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 11-440 |
| Area code | +48 89 |
| Car Plates | NKE |
| Website | http://www.pieckowo.pl |
Pieckowo [pjɛt͡sˈkɔvɔ] (German Pötschendorf) is a small village in north-east Poland. It is located in Warmian-Masurian Voivodship in Kętrzyn County in Reszel Commune.
History
The Pieckowo was founded at 1448 in the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights as named Pötschendorf. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).
Population
The population of Pieckowo is about 288 (2007).
| Year | 1818 | 1910 | 1933 | 1939 | 2004 |
| Population | 185 | 461 | 564 | 521 | 283 |
Lake
In Pieckowo is small lake named Jezioro Pieckowskie (German: Pötschendorfer See, Amtssee). It has an area of 18.9 ha (46.7 acres).
External links
- Pieckowo - village website (in Polish)
- http://www.territorial.de/ostp/rastb/poetsch.htm (in German)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060525051759/http://www.pokolms.de/ahnen/doerfer/blrastbg.htm (in German)
