Pieszewo

Pieszewo
Settlement
Pieszewo
Coordinates: 54°9′58″N 21°22′21″E / 54.16611°N 21.37250°E / 54.16611; 21.37250
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany

Pieszewo [pjɛˈʂɛvɔ] (German Petermanns) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Barciany, 10 km (6 mi) north of Kętrzyn, and 72 km (45 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 54°9′58″N 21°22′21″E / 54.16611°N 21.37250°E / 54.16611; 21.37250

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