Piwa (PL)
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Piła - say [ˈpʲiwa] - (German: Schneidemühl) is a town (73,791 inhabitants as of 2017) in northwestern Poland situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Piła Voivodeship (1975–1998), the 4th-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań, Kalisz and Konin. It is the capital of Piła County. The town is located on the Gwda river and is famous for its green areas, parks and dense forests nearby. It is an important road and railway hub, located at the intersection of two main lines - Poznań - Szczecin and Bydgoszcz - Krzyż Wielkopolski.
Historically in the Prussian Posen province.
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The SCHNEIDEMÜHL post office used a code 1344, Kreis Colmar, district of Bromberg.