Pieckowo
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian | ||
| Powiat | Kętrzyn County | ||
| sołectwo | Pieckowo | ||
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| Elevation | 129 m (426 ft) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 288 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 11-440 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 89 | ||
| Car Plates | NKE | ||
| Website: http://www.pieckowo.pl | |||
Pieckowo (German: Pötschendorf) is a small village in north-east Poland. It is in Warmian-Masurian Voivodship in Kętrzyn County in Reszel Commune.
It is located at . Altitude 426 feet (129 meters)
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[edit] History
Pieckowo was founded at 1448 in the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights as Pötschendorf. It was part of East Prussia until 1945, when it was transferred from Germany to Poland according to the Potsdam Conference after World War II.
The postcard above depicts Pötschendorf from the 1900s, showing a palace, a school in 1907, a rail station in 1908, and a lake.
[edit] Population
The population of Pieckowo is about 288 (2007).
| Year | 1818 | 1910 | 1933 | 1939 | 2004 |
| Population | 185 | 461 | 564 | 521 | 283 |
[edit] Lake
Pieckowo has a small lake, Jezioro Pieckowskie (German: Pötschendorfer See, Amtssee). It has an areas of 18.9 ha (46.7 acres).
[edit] External links
- Pieckowo - village website (Polish)
- http://www.territorial.de/ostp/rastb/poetsch.htm (German)
- http://www.pokolms.de/ahnen/doerfer/blrastbg.htm (German)
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