Pieckowo

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Poland
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
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subdivision_name2 = Kętrzyn County
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subdivision_name3 = Pieckowo
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latd=54 |latm=02 |lats=49 |latNS=N
longd=21 |longm=15 |longs=03 |longEW=E
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elevation_m = 129
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 11-440
area_code = +48 89
website =http://www.pieckowo.pl|Pieckowo
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Pieckowo ( _de. 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 coord|54|2|49|N|21|15|03|E|region:PL_type:city|display=inline,title. Altitude 426 feet (129 meters)

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.

Population

The population of Pieckowo is about 288 (2007).

Lake

Pieckowo has a small lake, Jezioro Pieckowskie ( _de. Pötschendorfer See, "Amtssee"). It has an areas of 18.9 ha (46.7 acres).

External links

* [http://www.pieckowo.pl/ Pieckowo - village website] pl_icon
*http://www.territorial.de/ostp/rastb/poetsch.htm de_icon
*http://www.pokolms.de/ahnen/doerfer/blrastbg.htm de_icon