Piotrowo is a
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 the administrative district of
Gmina Brodnica, within
Åšrem County
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Śrem County ( pl, powiat śremski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governmen ...
,
Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
It lies approximately west of
Brodnica, north-west of
Åšrem
Śrem (german: Schrimm) is a town on the Warta river in central Poland. It has been in the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Poznań Voivodeship. As of 1995, the population of Śrem was 29,800.
Åšrem i ...
, and south of the regional capital
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...
.
History
Piotrowo was first mentioned in documents in 1396. At that time, Piotrowo was owned by Przybysław Piotrowski and Grzymka Piotrowska. From 1975 to 1998, Piotrowo administratively belonged to
Poznań Voivodeship
Poznań Voivodeship was the name of several former administrative regions (''województwo'', rendered as ''voivodeship'' and usually translated as "province") in Poland, centered on the city of Poznań, although the exact boundaries changed over t ...
.
References
Villages in Åšrem County
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