Pieszyce

Also known as Peterswaldau

Pieszyce () is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) Gmina Pieszyce.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Pieszyce
Settlement.image_skyline: Panorama Pieszyc.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Panorama of Pieszyce with the church of St. Anthony
Settlement.image_shield: POL Pieszyce COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dzierżoniów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Pieszyce

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Twin towns – sister cities
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Pieszyce () is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) Gmina Pieszyce.

==Geography== It is situated in the historic Lower Silesia region on the northern slopes of the Owl Mountains, approximately southwest of Dzierżoniów, and southwest of the regional capital Wrocław.