Opactwo (''Abbey'' ) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Sieciechów
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Gmina Sieciechów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship, Sieciechów, which lies approximately east of K ...
, within
Kozienice County,
Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
It lies on the
national road , approximately north-east of
Sieciechów, east of
Kozienice
Kozienice (; yi, קאזשניץ ''Kozhnits''; german: Koschnitz) is a town in eastern Poland with 21,500 inhabitants (1995). Located four miles from the Vistula, it is the capital of Kozienice County.
Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser Pol ...
, and south-east of
Warsaw.
:The name of the village comes from the name of the
Benedictine Abbey.
Monastery located in Opactwo, was founded by the
Benedictine, brought by
Sieciech Sieciech (mid 11th century AD – early 12th century AD) was a medieval Polish magnate and statesman.
Biography
All information about Sieciech has come down from the chronicler Gallus Anonymus. He was a count palatine at the court of duke Wład ...
from
Provence. At first, it has been in the
medieval city
Sieciechów, but after the change of the
Vistula river path, moved to a location where he stands to this day. The original location is not known.
Abbey had one of the largest libraries in the country.
References
External links
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Official website of Gmina Sieciechów}
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Public Information Bulletin for Gmina Sieciechów}
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Villages in Kozienice County
