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History

According to a local legend in the region near Ocieka there occurred a battle against the Tatars. The Polish Knights achieved a resounding victory. To commemorate this, an area close by became known as ‘Góra Tatarska’ (Tatar Hill). In 1531 the Grand Crown Hetman, Jan Amor Tarnowski led a Polish army against Moldavian Prince (‘Hospodar’) Petru Rareş in the Battle of Obertyn. Despite being outnumbered four to one, the battle ended with a Polish victory, a complete Tatar surrender and the reconquest of Pokutia. Tarnowski brought his Tatar prisoners-of-war back to Ocieka. These prisoners became the first occupants of a new settlement near Ocieka called Sadykierz. The name Sadykierz has distinct Tatar origin, just as do today's inhabitants of the same village (The settlement of Sadykierz was located by a post-glacial lake, home to a rare species of white water-lily.) At this time, Ocieka had a very industrial character; wood charcoal was manufactured here, as was iron. In the 17^th and 18^th centuries there was a glass foundry nearby. At this time the ownership of the village passed from the ‘Ocieski’ family to the ‘Romerów’ family.

It Started in 1523

During the Second World War, the church in Ocieka was converted into a warehouse, for storage of specialist construction materials, which were used by the Germans in 1943 to build V-2 rockets in the nearby village of Blizna.

Notable People

• Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (1579–1667) (nobleman, magnate and military leader)
• Feliks Kazimierz Potocki (1630–1702) (nobleman, magnate and military leader)
• Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700–1772) (nobleman, knight)
• Rabbi Naftali fun Ropszyc (1760-1827) (religious leader)
• Piotr Michałowski (1800-1855) (artist, painter)
• Karol Olszewski (1846-1915) (chemist, mathematician & physicist)
• Roman Zawiliński (1855-1932) (linguist & ethnographer)
• Józef Mehoffer (1869-1946) (artist, painter)
• Stanisław Kot (1885-1975) (historian & politician)
• Wojciech Aleksander Durek (1888-1951) (Polish Wikipage only) (artist, sculptor & painter)
• Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990) (artist, theatre director)
• Wilhelm Mach (1917-1965
• Józef Rojek (1950-current) (politician))

History

Four twin towns

From the founding of the Kingdom of Poland in the eleventh century through the early years of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created in 1569, Poland was one of the most tolerant countries in Europe. Known as paradisus Iudaeorum (Latin for Jewish paradise) it became unique shelter for persecuted and expelled European Jewish communities and a home to one of the world's largest and most vibrant Jewish communities.

Streams of Jewish immigrants headed east to Poland during the reign of Casimir III the Great, who encouraged Jewish settlement by extending royal protection to them. The first mention of Jewish settlements in Lvov (1356), Sandomierz (1367), Kazimierz near Krakow (1386) and several other cities date from the second half of the The 14^th century . In the The 15^th century Jews appeared in many cities in Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska), , Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska), Kuyavia (Kujawy), Pomerania (Pomorze) and Red Ruthenia (Ruś Czerwona). In the 1450's Polish towns gave shelter to Jewish refugees from Silesia which was then ruled by the Habsburgs.

References

• "Ziema Ropczycka" Józef Ambrozowicz © Agencja Wydawnicza JOTA, 1998. ISBN 978-83-906916-4-7
• Ambrozowicz, Józef "Ziema Ropczycka", Summary by Władysław M. Tabasz, © Agencja Wydawnicza JOTA, 1998.
• Cohen, Chester G. "Shtetl Finder: Jewish Communities in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland", page 84. © Heritage Books, 1989. ISBN 1556132484, 978-1556132483
• "Shtetl Finder: Jewish Communities in the 19^th and Early 20^th Centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland",Chester G. Cohen, © Heritage Books, 1989. ISBN 1556132484, ISBN 978-155613248-3