Osieka

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Osieka (German Hermenhagen ) is a Polish village which, as a Schulzenamt, belongs to the rural municipality of Bartoszyce in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship .

Manor 2008

geography

Osieka is located in the north of Poland in the Sępopol lowlands . The town of Bartoszyce ( Bartenstein ) is six kilometers to the north, and from there it is 16 kilometers to the Polish-Russian border crossing in Bezledy ( Beisleiden ) . The connection is via the national road 51 , which passes Osieka in the immediate vicinity. Osieka is surrounded by agricultural land and is at an altitude of 69 meters. The river Łyna ( Alle ) runs northwest to the north.

history

Map section from 1913

After the Teutonic Order conquered the former Prussian district of Barten at the beginning of the 14th century and began to settle it, Hermann von Heyne founded the Hermenhagen settlement named after him in 1340. A noble estate was laid out there in the 16th century. It was not until the period from 1821 to 1829 that the Kurowski family became known as an owner. At that time, Hermenhagen was already part of the Kingdom of Prussia and was administered by the Friedland district ( renamed Bartenstein district in 1928 ). The von Printzen family then took over the estate, which in 1833 included 824 hectares of land and a farm. A Cologne estate and six farm estates were taxable on the main estate . 193 residents lived on the estate, including five craftsmen. In 1829 the landlord first built a mansion in the late Classicist style, which was rebuilt in 1861 to make it Italian.

1874 Hermenhagen was in the District incorporated Schwaraunen United. After the von Printz family, the owners changed in quick succession, and when in 1905 Wiliam Freiherr Schoultz von Ascheraden (* 1840; † 1914) took over the aristocratic estate, it was only 500 hectares in size. In 1910 the Hermenhagen manor district had 248 inhabitants, while only 32 people lived in the rural community. After von Ascheraden's death, the Richter family took over the estate, but the landlord gambled away the property, so parts of the estate had to be sold. These were then settled. In 1916 the Wehlau – Heilsberg railway was passed near Hermenhagen, and the nearest train station was in Kraftshagen ( Krawczyki ), two kilometers away . The line was dismantled in 1994. In 1928, the Hermenhagen manor district, which had been administratively independent until then, was dissolved and added to the Hermenhagen rural community. In 1933 it had 350 inhabitants. The last German owner of Gut Hermenhagen was Klaus Wegel, who only owned 250 hectares of land.

After the Second World War, Hermenhagen came under Polish administration and was renamed Osieka. The German residents had fled or were driven out. The place was first incorporated into the Olsztyn Voivodeship in 1946, and in 1998 it became part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. In 1983 there were 41 houses in Osieka, the place had 227 inhabitants. 47 farms worked 571 hectares of land.

Mansion

After acquiring Gut Hermenhagen, the von Printzen family built a mansion in the late classicist style in 1829 . In 1861 Otto von Printzen arranged for the house to be remodeled in an Italian style . The building was erected on a rectangular floor plan. The single-storey central wing is framed by two risalits . A three-storey square tower is attached to the rear of the southern risalit. The middle wing and risalite rest on a basement. The single-storey south elevation is designed with its outer walls in three axes with large arched windows. Its northern counterpart is two-storey, the lower windows have flat arches, the windows above are round arched. The central part bears a wooden bay window to the east, which is flanked by two rectangular windows. The back is a five-axis window front with flat-arched borders. While the tower has a flat roof, the other parts of the building have gable roofs. The mansion was built within a landscape park.

After 1945 the rural community of Bartoszyce took over the house and set up a primary school there. Later it was used for cultural purposes and for housing. The building was falling into disrepair due to poor maintenance. In 1993 the Suberlak couple from Bartoszyce bought the property, carried out renovations under the supervision of curators and used it as an exhibit. In 2000 the house was awarded a prize in a thank you painting competition. The Biały Książe ( White Prince ) Hotel has been housed in the former manor house for several years .

literature

Web links

Commons : Osieka  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 13 '  N , 20 ° 47'  E