Biskupiec, Nowe Miasto County

Biskupiec
Village
Panorama view of Biskupiec
Panorama view of Biskupiec
Biskupiec is located in Poland
Biskupiec
Biskupiec
Coordinates: 53°30′2″N 19°21′2″E / 53.50056°N 19.35056°E / 53.50056; 19.35056
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyNowe Miasto
GminaBiskupiec
Population
1,927
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNNM
Voivodeship roads

Biskupiec [bisˈkupjɛt͡s] 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 provincial capital of Olsztyn and 100 km (62 mi) 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.

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Olsztyński Dziennik Wojewódzki, 1946, Nr 5, poz. 77