Biskupiec, Nowe Miasto County

For other places with the same name, see Biskupiec.
Biskupiec
Village
Biskupiec
Coordinates: 53°30′2″N 19°21′2″E / 53.50056°N 19.35056°E / 53.50056; 19.35056
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Nowe Miasto
Gmina Biskupiec
Population 1,927

Biskupiec [bisˈkupjɛt͡s] (German: Bischofswerder) 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 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and 80 km (50 mi) south-west of the town of Olsztyn and 100 km (62 mi) south-east of the regional metropole of Gdańsk.

The village has a population of 1,927.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 53°30′2″N 19°21′2″E / 53.50056°N 19.35056°E / 53.50056; 19.35056

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