Pyskowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyskowice [pɨskɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złotoryja, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Złotoryja and 77 km (48 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
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Coordinates: 51°10′41″N 15°56′42″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Złotoryja |
Gmina | Gmina Złotoryja |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | DZL |
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According to linguist Heinrich Adamy, the name of the village comes from the Polish word piasek, which means "sand". Since the Middle Ages, it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. Later on, it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. Following Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.