Biskupiec, Nowe Miasto County

Biskupiec 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.

Biskupiec lies approximately 19 km north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and 80 km south-west of the provincial capital of Olsztyn and 100 km 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. Preserved heritage sights include the Saint John of Nepomuk and Our Lady of the Rosary church and the Gmina Office.

Notable people

 * Czesław Michniewicz (born 1970), Polish football coach, grew up in Biskupiec