Pieckowo (German ''Pötschendorf'') is a small
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in north-east Poland. It is located in
Warmian-Masurian Voivodship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an are ...
in
Kętrzyn County
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Kętrzyn County ( pl, powiat kętrzyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a resu ...
in
Reszel
Reszel (german: Rößel; Prussian: ''Resel'' or ''Resl'') is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. As of 2012 the population was 4,896. A small medieval town situated in the historical Warmia region, Reszel possesses ...
Commune.
History
The Pieckowo was founded at 1448 in the
monastic state of the Teutonic Knights
The State of the Teutonic Order (german: Staat des Deutschen Ordens, ; la, Civitas Ordinis Theutonici; lt, Vokiečių ordino valstybė; pl, Państwo zakonu krzyżackiego), also called () or (), was a medieval Crusader state, located in Centr ...
as named ''Pötschendorf''.
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
* http://www.territorial.de/ostp/rastb/poetsch.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060525051759/http://www.pokolms.de/ahnen/doerfer/blrastbg.htm
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Pieckowo