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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. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Nowy Dwór Gdański and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Map of Pieczewo, Poland
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Pieczewo is also the name of an urban part of Olsztyn, 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.
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Pieczewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA