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 UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
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).

Year18181910193319392004
Population185461564521283

Lake

In Pieckowo is small lake named Jezioro Pieckowskie (German: Pötschendorfer See, Amtssee). It has an area of 18.9 ha (46.7 acres).

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

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