Biskupiec | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowe Miasto |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Biskupiec |
Coordinates: | 53.5006°N 19.3506°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1927 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | NNM |
Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Biskupiec is a village in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Biskupiec.[1]
Biskupiec lies approximately 19km (12miles) north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and 800NaN0 south-west of the provincial capital of Olsztyn and 1000NaN0 south-east of the regional metropole of Gdańsk.
Biskupiec was a town from 1331 to 1946, when it lost its town rights due to heavy devastation during World War II.[2] Preserved heritage sights include the Saint John of Nepomuk and Our Lady of the Rosary church and the Gmina Office.