Osieck

Osieck is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osieck.

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Settlement.name: Osieck
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Kościół parafialny pod wezwaniem Świętych Andrzeja i Bartłomieja.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Saint Andrew and Saint Bartholomew church in Osieck
Settlement.image_flag: POL Osieck flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Osieck COA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Masovian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Otwock
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Osieck
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.population_total: 920
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Image: Kościół parafialny pod wezwaniem Świętych Andrzeja i Bartłomieja.jpg

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Commons gallery: Osieck
Commons category: Osieck
postal code: 08-445
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Osieck is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osieck.

==History== thumb|left|upright|Saint Andrew and Saint Bartholomew church in 1937 Osieck was the location of a hunting lodge of the Dukes of Mazovia of the Piast dynasty, and the place of death of Duke Konrad III Rudy in 1503. Osieck was granted town rights in 1558 by King Sigismund II Augustus. It was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. King Sigismund III Vasa and the Royal Court stayed in Osieck during the epidemics of 1625, 1629 and 1630. The town's prosperity was halted by the Swedish invasion in 1655.