Osówek o 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 Osieczna

Gmina Osieczna, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gmina Osieczna is a rural gmina in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Osieczna, which lies approximately south-west of Starogard Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, within Starogard County

Starogard County

Starogard County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Starogard Gdański, which...

, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Osieczna

Osieczna, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Osieczna is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Osieczna. It lies approximately south-west of Starogard Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the region, see History of...

, 34 km (21 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański

Starogard Gdanski

Starogard Gdański is a town in Eastern Pomerania in northwestern Poland with 48,328 inhabitants...

, and 73 km (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

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For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania

History of Pomerania

The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...

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The village has a population of 410.

People born in Osówek

• Bolesław Piechowski (1885-1943) Roman Catholic priest, kashubian activist, murdered by the German-Nazis in Hartheim
  Hartheim Euthanasia Centre
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• Franciszek Ossowicki (1912-1944) murdered by the German-Nazis in Stutthof.