Piasty Wielkie

Piasty Wielkie
Piasty Wielkie
Village
	Piasty Wielkie
	Coordinates: 54°16′28″N 20°31′38″E / 54.27444°N 20.52722°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce
Gmina	Gmina Górowo Iławeckie

Piasty Wielkie [ˈpjastɨ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] (German: Groß Peisten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Górowo Iławeckie, 18 km (11 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 55 km (34 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History[]

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

The name derives back to the Old Prussian term "paustre" for wilderness and was first mentioned in 1414 as a location of a mill and a settlement of 4 free Old Prussians in the region of Natangia with 27 cultivated and 3 desolate "Haken", a square measure of the Teutonic Knights.

In 1858 the manor was bought by Bethel Henry Strousberg, a railway pioneer who fell into bankruptcy in 1875.^[2]

Population[]

1933: 291
1939: 247^[3]

References[]

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Horst Schulz, Der Kreis Preußisch Eylau, Verden 1983 (German)
^ verwaltungsgeschichte.de

Coordinates: 54°16′28″N 20°31′38″E / 54.27444°N 20.52722°E / 54.27444; 20.52722

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

[2] Horst Schulz, Der Kreis Preußisch Eylau, Verden 1983 (German)

[3] verwaltungsgeschichte.de

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