Pieszków | |
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Village | |
_ID_595662.jpg.webp) Our Lady of Częstochowa church in Pieszków | |
  Pieszków  Pieszków | |
| Coordinates: 51°20′N 16°14′E / 51.333°N 16.233°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Lubin |
| Gmina | Gmina Lubin |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DLU |
Pieszków [ˈpjɛʂkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubin, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Lubin and 61 km (38 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word pies, which means "dog".[2]
Transport
The S3 highway runs nearby, west of the village.
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 60.
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