Piotrowice Nyskie Explained

Piotrowice Nyskie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Opole
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nysa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Otmuchów
Coordinates:50.4108°N 17.1531°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Elevation M:210
Population Total:300
Population Footnotes:(approx.)

Piotrowice Nyskie (German Peterwitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south of Otmuchów, 150NaN0 south-west of Nysa, and 630NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Opole.

The village has a seventeenth-century former bishop's palace which is currently being restored by the author Jim Parton. [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Jim Parton. "Jim Parton-books". http://piotrowicenyskie.com/jim-parton-books.html. Palace at Piotrowicach Nyskich. Accessed June 9, 2012.