Pieszkowo
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Pieszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately south of Górowo Iławeckie, west of Bartoszyce, and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.


History

Historically, Polish-language services were held in the local church. From 1945 to 1958 the village was administratively located in the Iławka County in the Masurian District and Olsztyn Voivodeship. From 1959 to 1961 it was administratively located in the Górowo County in the Olsztyn Voivodeship.


Notable people

* Klaas Reimer (1770–1837) the founder of the Kleine Gemeinde, a Mennonite denomination


References

Villages in Bartoszyce County {{Bartoszyce-geo-stub