Pieńsk

Infobox Settlement
name = Pieńsk

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image_shield = POL Pieńsk COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Zgorzelec
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Pieńsk
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Tadeusz Łowicki
area_total_km2 = 9.92
population_as_of = 2007
population_total = 6036
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 14 | lats = 47 | latNS = N | longd = 15 | longm = 2 | longs = 46 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 59-930
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = DZG
website = http://www.piensk.com.pl

Pieńsk [IPA-pl|p|j|e|ń|s|k] ( _de. 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 convert|11|km|mi|0 north of Zgorzelec, and convert|140|km|mi|0 west of the regional capital Wrocław. As of 2006, it has a population of 5,799.

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.

External links

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=frYnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA568&dq=Herren+von+Penzig&lr= Herren von Penzig territory purchased by city of Görlitz]
* [http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/lvsatia.jpgPenziger Heide] and Görlitz on both banks of Neiße River on 1645 map.
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Lausitz_map_18thC.jpgHistorical Map of Lausitz, Görlitzer Kreis , Pentzig] . East of Neiße River.
* [http://www.piensk.com.pl/ Official town website]
* [http://www.piensk.info.4.pl/ Pieńsk information service]