Pieńsk

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Pieńsk

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Pieńsk

Coordinates: 51°14′47″N 15°2′46″E / 51.24639, 15.04611

Country

Poland

Government

- Mayor

Tadeusz Łowicki

Area

- Total

9.92 km² (3.8 sq mi)

Population (2007)

- Total

6,036

- Density

608.5/km² (1,575.9/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

59-930

Car plates

DZG

Website: http://www.piensk.com.pl

Pieńsk [pjɛɲsk] (German: Penzig) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Pieńsk, and stands on the east bank of the Lusatian Neisse river, which forms the border between Poland and Germany. (For more information about the history of the region, see Lusatia.)

The town lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Zgorzelec, and 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław. As of 2006, it has a population of 5,799.

[edit] History

The Upper Lusatian lords of Penzig Herren von Penzig are first recorded in 1241. Besides Penzig in Upper Lusatia the family held a number of other towns and territories on both banks of the Neiße river. In 1491 the city of Görlitz purchased the Penziger Heide (territory of Penzig) and combined it as Görlitzer Haide or Heide with its communal territory. In 1945 the city of Görlitz and its territory was conquered and split in half by the Oder-Neiße line, leaving Penzig, now Piensk in Poland.

At present the historical Lusatian territory is administered by Silesian voivodeship.

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Herren von Penzig territory purchased by city of Görlitz
Penziger Heide and Görlitz on both banks of Neiße River on 1645 map.
Historical Map of Lausitz, Görlitzer Kreis , Pentzig. East of Neiße River.
Official town website
Pieńsk information service

v • d • e Gmina Pieńsk

Town and seat: Pieńsk Villages: Bielawa Dolna • Bielawa Górna • Dłużyna Dolna • Dłużyna Górna • Lasów • Stojanów • Strzelno • Żarka nad Nysą • Żarki Średnie