Pieczewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pieczewo
Settlement
Pieczewo
Coordinates: 54°12′58″N 19°3′31″E / 54.21611°N 19.05861°E / 54.21611; 19.05861
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Nowy Dwór Gdański
Gmina	Nowy Dwór Gdański

Pieczewo [pjɛˈt͡ʂɛvɔ] (German: Pietzkendorf) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Nowy Dwór Gdański and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Pieczewo (Stolzenburg) is also the name of an urban part of Olsztyn (Allenstein), which is well known for the FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo, today's tallest man-made structure of Poland, which is among the tallest in Europe.

References

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

Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański

Town and seat	Nowy Dwór Gdański

Villages	Cyganek Cyganka Gozdawa Jazowa Jazowa Druga Kępiny Małe Kępki Kmiecin Łączki Myszewskie Leśnowo Lubieszewo Lubieszewo Pierwsze Lubieszynek Drugi Marynowy Marzęcino Myszewko Myszkowo Nowinki Orliniec Orłówko Orłowo Orłowskie Pole Osłonka Pieczewo Piotrowo Powalina Rakowe Pole Rakowiska Rakowo Robakowiec Różewo Rychnowo Żuławskie Ryki Solnica Starocin Stawiec Stobna Suchowo Swaryszewo Trojaki Tuja Wężowiec Wężownica Wierciny Zawadka Żelichowo

Coordinates: 54°12′58″N 19°3′31″E / 54.21611°N 19.05861°E / 54.21611; 19.05861

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