Pieczewo p is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański

Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdanski

Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County

Nowy Dwór Gdanski County

Nowy Dwór Gdański County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town...

, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Nowy Dwór Gdański

Nowy Dwór Gdanski

Nowy Dwór Gdański is a town in Poland, capital of Nowy Dwór Gdański County, located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, with 10,123 inhabitants .-Twin towns — Sister cities:Nowy Dwór Gdański is twinned with:-External links:*...

 and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

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Before 1945 the area was part of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania

History of Pomerania

The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...

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Pieczewo is also the name of an urban part of Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

, which is well-known for the FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo

FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo

The FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo is a 365 metre tall guyed mast for FM and TV situated at Olsztyn-Pieczewo in Poland The FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo (also known as Maszt RTCN Olsztyn-Pieczewo) is a 365 metre tall guyed mast for FM and TV situated at Olsztyn-Pieczewo in Poland The FM- and...

, today's tallest man-made structure of Poland, which is among the tallest in Europe.