Pieckowo

Pieckowo
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 / 54.04694; 21.25083
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
Powiat	Kętrzyn County
sołectwo	Pieckowo
Elevation	129 m (426 ft)
Population (2007)	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 [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).

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)
• http://www.pokolms.de/ahnen/doerfer/blrastbg.htm (in German)

Coordinates: 54°2′49″N 21°15′3″E / 54.04694°N 21.25083°E / 54.04694; 21.25083