Piskorze, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Piskorze (disambiguation).
Piskorze
Settlement
Piskorze
Coordinates: 54°18′9″N 21°14′40″E / 54.30250°N 21.24444°E / 54.30250; 21.24444
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany

Piskorze [pisˈkɔʐɛ] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Barciany, 26 km (16 mi) north of Kętrzyn, and 76 km (47 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°18′9″N 21°14′40″E / 54.30250°N 21.24444°E / 54.30250; 21.24444

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