Local history
Information about the town – Polska / kujawsko-pomorskie
Administrative position and geographical location:
Until 1793 the Kingdom of Poland, Brest- Kujawien Province
1793-1807 Prussia, South Prussia
1807-1815 the Duchy of Warsaw, Bydgoszcz Department
1815-1918 Russia, Masovia Province, Masovia Government(from 1837), Warsaw Government (1845-1918), Nieszawa County
1918-1939 Poland, Warsaw Province (1918-1938), Pomeranian Province (1938-1939), Nieszawa County
1939-1945 Germany (Third Reich), Reichsgau Wartheland Province, Inowrocław Regierunsbezirk, Ciechocinek County
1945-1975 Bydgoszcz Province (1945-1950 Pomeranian Province)
1975-1998 Włocławek Province
From 1999 Brest-Kujawien Province, Radziejów County, Osięciny Municipality
The oldest registered information about Osięciny comes from the years 1325-1326. The first person whose ownership over the settlement was confirmed in the sources at the end of the 13th century was knight Bachorz from the Pomians. From the 15th to 16th century, the partial rights over the village belonged to the ancestors and debtors of the last Pomians from the Ocięcin lineage. In the 17th century, most of the rights were assumed by three families: the Boruckis, Wilkostowskis and Gąsiorowskis. From the 1680s, the rights belonged exclusively to the Gąsiorowskis. In 1789, the village came into the possession of Joseph Gzowski, and then the Skarbeks. The village was chartered in 1823, but it lost its charter rights as early as in 1867. The 16th century brought the development of the village and the construction of a parish church. However, it was weakened at the time of wars and political tumult that was taking place in the latter half the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. The town rights were obtained and then decisions about the town layout were taken. New networks of streets as well as land for a new square were determined. Numerous privileges were granted which were supposed to encourage the Jewish population to settle in the village. Bold plans of transforming Osięciny into an industrial town amounted to nothing. Small production factories (a foundry and mills) began to be established in the late 19th century. The settlement’s progress was slow and Osięciny has remained a local center of trade and provider of services for the agricultural sector until today[1.1].
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[1.1] Jan Cybertowicz, Jarosław Kołtuniak, Z dziejów Osięcin i okolic, Stowarzyszenie Kulturalne Gminy Osięciny, Osięciny-Włocławek 2006, passim.
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