Osowiec-Twierdza

Osowiec-Twierdza
	Osowiec-Twierdza
	Osowiec-Twierdza
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Podlaskie
Powiat :	Moniecki
Gmina :	Goniądz
Geographic location :	53 ° 28 ' N , 22 ° 39' E Coordinates: 53 ° 28 '25 " N , 22 ° 39' 26" E
Residents :	630
Postal code :	19-110
Telephone code :	(+48) 85
License plate :	BMN
Economy and Transport
Street :	Ełk - Białystok DK 65
Rail route :	Białystok – Ełk
Next international airport :	Warsaw
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Osowiec-Twierdza is a village of the urban-and-rural commune ( gmina miejsko-wiejska ) Goniądz in the Powiat Moniecki in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , Poland . The place is on the river Biebrza . From 1743 to 1827 Osowiec had city rights as Marcinpol.

Geographical location

Osowiec-Twierdza is located about five kilometers from Goniądz , twelve kilometers from Mońki and 42 kilometers from Białystok , in the Podlachian plain in the Biebrza river valley.

Osowiec fortress

Under Tsar Alexander III. a fortress (in Polish: Twierdza Osowiec ) was built here from 1882 to 1887 . Their task was to protect the tsarist empire to the west. She played in the First World War a significant role, no longer in the Second World War .

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