Osjaków

Also known as Osjakow

Osjaków is a town in Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osjaków. It is located on the Warta River, approximately north-east of Wieluń and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

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Vinony's link graph records 30 inbound references to Osjaków, and connects out to Nazi Germany, Warta and Poland.

The entry is geolocated on the map in PL, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship, Populated places on the Warta and Wieluń County.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Osjaków
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_shield: POL gmina Osjaków COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: MOs810 WG 2023 30 (Saint Casimir church in Osjaków) (52).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Saint Casimir Church
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Łódź
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Wieluń
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Osjaków
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.population_total: 1221
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Osjaków
Population: 1346
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Gmina Osjaków
Official website: www.osjakow.pl
Image: MOs810 WG 2023 30 (Saint Casimir church in Osjaków) (52).jpg

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Commons category: Osjaków
different from: Gmina Osjaków
postal code: 98-320
male population: 679
female population: 667
P8168: Henry Edwards
described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Early history (Middle Ages)
Late modern period
World War II
Jewish community
Transport
References
External links

==Etymology== There are several theories for the origin of the name Osjaków. One of the most well-known is that a prince, travelling through the area, supposedly decided to set up camp at the site of the modern-day town. He was stopped when a swarm of wasps attacked him and his servants, and the prince began shouting the Polish word for 'wasps', "Osy!" Supposedly with time, this was altered to Osy-jakow and Osjakow.

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