Bemowo Piskie | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pisz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Biała Piska |
Coordinates: | 53.7333°N 25°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | NPI |
Population Total: | 1300 |
Website: | http://www.bemowopiskie.yoyo.pl |
Bemowo Piskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała Piska, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 13km (08miles) north of Biała Piska, 210NaN0 north-east of Pisz, and 1030NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of Masuria.
The village was established in 1561, when Andrzej Szlaga founded an inn at the site. In the past the village was also known to the local Masurian populace as Szlaga (after its founder) or Karczmisko (after the Polish word karczma, which means "inn"). From the early 18th century it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany, administratively located in the province of East Prussia. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945, the village along with Masuria became again part of Poland.
Bemowo Piskie is the site of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup training base in Poland.[2]