Osiek nad Notecią ' is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Wyrzysk

Gmina Wyrzysk

Gmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Wyrzysk

Wyrzysk

Wyrzysk is a town in Poland with 5,263 inhabitants, situated in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship.- Geographic location of municipal-rural community of Wyrzysk:...

, 39 km (24 mi) east of Piła, and 84 km (52 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

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The village has a population of just over 4,000.

During the Prussian and then German rule of the area the village held name of Netzthal, which was changed in 1942 during Nazi occupation of Poland to Netztal.

It is known for the second largest open air museum in Poland with a number of farm houses and windmills dated from XVIII and XIX centuries from the North Wielkopolska and Krajna region as well as for an archeological museum on the site of the ancient burial site dated at around 500 b.c..

General W. Anders was associated with that area (his father owned a horse stable in the village of Pracz which is now a part of Osiek)
www.osiek.net/skansen/