Piekło, Sztum County

For other places with the same name, see Piekło.
Piekło
Village
Piekło
Coordinates: 53°55′55″N 18°51′58″E / 53.93194°N 18.86611°E / 53.93194; 18.86611
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Sztum
Gmina Sztum
Population 353

Piekło [ˈpjɛkwɔ] (German Pieckel) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztum, within Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Sztum and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, September 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 353.

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Coordinates: 53°55′55″N 18°51′58″E / 53.93194°N 18.86611°E / 53.93194; 18.86611


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