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).

Lake[]

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

External links[]

• Pieckowo - village website (in Polish)
• http://www.territorial.de/ostp/rastb/poetsch.htm (in German)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060525051759/http://www.pokolms.de/ahnen/doerfer/blrastbg.htm (in German)

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