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Pieczewo
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Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Nowy Dwór Gdański |
Gmina | Nowy Dwór Gdański |
Pieczewo [pjɛˈt͡ʂɛvɔ] (German: Pietzendorf) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Nowy Dwór Gdański and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Pieczewo is also the name of an urban part of Olsztyn, which is well-known for the FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo, today's tallest man-made structure of Poland, which is among the tallest in Europe.