Osowa Sień

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Osowa Sień

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Lubusz

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Wschowa

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Wschowa

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| population_as_of = 2010{{Cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/|title=GUS - Bank Danych Lokalnych|website=bdl.stat.gov.pl}}

| population_total = 1132

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 67-400

| area_code = (+48) 65

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Osowa Sień {{IPAc-pl|o|'|s|o|w|a|-|'|ś|e1|ń}} ({{Langx|de|Röhrsdorf}}){{cite book|title=Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße |author=M. Kaemmerer|year=2004|publisher=G. Rautenberg | isbn= 3-7921-0368-0 |language=German}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of Wschowa and {{convert|59|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Zielona Góra.

Etymology

The current name of the village is literally a house in the aspen and appears in Polish historical sources also as Ossowa Sień or Ossowasień. The German name is derived from the name of a German settler Rüdiger and occurs in older versions as Rüdigersdorf or later shortened Röhrsdorf.

Heritage

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The first mention of the village dates from 1325, when it was called Rudegeri Villa.{{Cite web |title=Kalendarium |url=http://www.osowasien.pro-e.pl/index.php/o-miejscowoci/kalendarium |website=www.osowasien.pro-e.pl}}

The Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, built in the 14th century, is the oldest historical building in Osowa Sień. It is a single-aisle building, made of stone with a use of bricks. Baroque interior comes from the 18th century. Inside there is as well the sculpture of Christ from the 16th century and the Renaissance tombstones of a former landlords from Żychliński and Ossowski family.{{cite web |url=http://www.osowasien.pro-e.pl/ |title=Home |website=osowasien.pro-e.pl}}

In the village there is also a neoclassical palace complex built between 1890-1904 and a Classicist manor from the beginning of the 19th century, both surrounded by large park areas.

Notable residents

Leonie Ossowski (1925–2019); author

References

Bibliography

Martin Sprungala: Wsie na pograniczu głogowsko-wielkopolskim. Zarys dziejów wybranych miejscowości. Sława - Wijewo 2010, {{ISBN|978-83-932235-0-3}}

Category:Villages in Wschowa County