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The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.

The present-day village of Ociesęki is located in Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Voivodeship, about 28 kilometers southeast of Kielce. According to Polish Place Names, the village was referred to as Ocessanky in 1401, Oczeschanky in 1438, Ocząssąly (!) in 1508, Oczyeszaky and Oczyessaky in 1532, Oczioseki in 1579, Ociesęki in 1787, Ociesęki in 1827, Ociesęki in 1886, Ociesęki in 1921, and Ociesęki, -sęk, ociesęcki in 1966.

Nazwy Miejscowe Polski states that origin of the name of the village is not clear. The name might originally have been Ociosanki from the verb ociosać, meaning “to hew”. The term “ociosanie’ means the boundaries of an area in the forest marked with notches on trees, or an area where marks have been cut on trees intended for felling. Other hypotheses include that the name originally referred to forest clearers, that the name came from the personal name Ociesęk, or that the name came from the personal name Ota + “sęki” (meaning knots).

Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, and Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, eds., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 2009, Volume VIII, page 34.

Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Ociesęki. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

     Ociesęki, a village in the Kielce powiat, Raków gmina, 28 km southeast of Kielce: Ocessanky 1401, Oczeschanky 1438 Hel II no. 823, 2759; Ocząssąly (!) 1508 ŹDz XV 460; Oczyeszaky, Oczyessaky 1532 Matr IV/1, no. 6199, 6200; Oczioseki 1579 ŹDz XIV 218; Ociesęki 1787 Spis 398; Ociesęki 1827 Tabella II 55; Ociesęki 1886 SG VII 370; Ociesęki 1921 Sk III 37; Ociesęki, –sęk, ociesęcki 1966 UN 23, 19. — The name is not entirely clear. According to Nalepa, it may originally have been *Ociosanki, from the verb ociosać (to hew); this interpretation deserves attention, as the name can be explained as Ociesanki, from ociosany (hewn), dialectal ociesany (without change of vowel) (: ociosać, dialectal ociesać, ciesać), with the suffix –k-, in the plural –ki. Compare the term ociosanie, meaning boundaries of an area in the forest marked with notches on trees, or an area where marks have been cut on trees intended for felling (Sstp V 406). Secondary nasalization of the group -an- > –ę– and association of the ending with the word sęk [knot]. According to Górnowicz, this name originally referred to forest clearers. According to Kopertowska, the name comes from the personal name *Ociesęk, compare personal names Ocięsza, Ocieszak (: Ocięsław) SSNO IV 90, in the plural form. Kamińska, however, considers the name to be a two-part compound: from the personal name *Ota + the appellative sęki [knots]. Lit.: KSand 139; KopKiel 269; NalSand 133.  Iwana Nobis

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The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes an entry for the village of Ociesęki.

Ociesęki and Surrounding Area – 1910

Third Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary (ELTE Faculty of Informatics,
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics); digital images, Lazarus ELTE
(http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/39-51.jpg: accessed 12 December 2025)

Source:  Chlebowski, Bronisław, Władysław Walewski, and Filip Sulimierski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1886, Volume VII, page 370.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the first Słownik Geograficzny entry for Ociesęki. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

Ociesęki, a village, manor, and estate in Kielce Powiat, Cisów gmina, Ociesęki parish, 32 versts from Kielce. There are deposits of limestone here. The village has a wooden parish church, erected along with the parish in 1610 by the landowner of Ociesęcki, Jan Gołkowski. The current church dates from the 18th century. In 1827, there were 34 houses and 241 inhabitants. On November 28, 1863, a skirmish took place here between the units of Chmieliński and Bosak and the Russian army. The parish, in the Opatów deanery, has 768 souls. In 1883, the Ociesęki estate consisted of the Ociesęki manor, the forest settlements of Igrzycznia, Józwiny, and Zamozysko, and the villages of Ociesęki, Nowa Huta, Wólka Pochłonna, Koziel, Czarna, and Grodno. Area: 1130 mórgs [in the Russian partition 1 mórg = 1.388 acres]; arable land and gardens 265 mórgs, meadows 50 mórgs, pastures 76 mórgs, forest 715 mórgs, unproductive land 24 mórgs; 1 brick building, 22 wooden buildings; 8 and 9-field crop rotation. The forest is unmanaged. In 1883, the Wólka Pochłonna manor (495 mórgs) and Huta Nowa manor (90 mórgs) were separated from this estate. The estate also included: Ociesęki village, 41 households with 592 mórgs of land; Nowa Huta village, 23 households with 181 mórgs of land; Wólka Pokłonna village, 18 households with 327 mórgs of land; Koziel village, 29 households with 337 mórgs of land; Czarna village, 8 households with 119 mórgs of land; Grodno village, 9 households with 180 mórgs of land.

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The cadastral map of the Polish village of Nienadowa, created by officials of the Austrian Empire in 1852 is available on the website of the Polish State Archives at Szukaj w Archiwach. The files at Szukaj w Archiwach include fifteen images that, together, form the complete map.

The Gesher Galicia Map Room includes a high-resolution version of the cadastral map of Nienadowa with the individual images stitched together. One of the great features of the maps in the Gesher Galicia Map Room is that the user can zoom in and out of the maps to view either an overview of the map or concentrate on the smallest details.

Nienadowa Cadastral Map – 1852
Dorf Nienadowa in Galizien Przemysler Kreis 1852 (State Archives in Poland); digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach
(https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/18051011: accessed 02 December 2025)

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The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.

The present-day village of Nienadowa is located in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, about 3 kilometers east of Dubiecko. According to Polish Place Names, the village was referred to as Nyewnadowodu byeczsko and Suburbis Niewnadow Dubiecko in 1441, Newnadowa in 1458, de Wnadowa (!) in 1462, Nyewnyodowa 1465, villam Dvbyeczko Nyewnyadowa and Nyewnadowa Russka in 1497, Niewnadowa 1589, in Nienyadowy 1656, wsiow… Nienadowy in 1786, Nenadowa in 1860, Nienadowa and Ruthenian Nenadowa in 1886, Nienadowa in 1952 and in 1966.

Nazwy Miejscowe Polski states that early name of the village was a compiled name. The first part is the singular personal name Niewnad (Ukrainian Nevnad) from the word nadać meaning “to offer, to bestow” with the suffix -owo, -ów, -owa, and the second element is from the neighboring village of Dubiecko. Alternatively, the name of the village was combined with Nienadowa Ruska and the second element “Dubiecko” added to distinguish it from the adjective “Ruski”. Eventually, the second element of the name was deleted.

Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 2007, Volume VII, page 421.

Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Nienadowa. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

Nienadowa, village, Przemyśl, Dubiecko gmina, 14.5 km east of Dynów: Nyewnadowodu byeczsko 1441 AGZ XI No. 1371; Suburbis Niewnadow Dubiecko 1441 Sng II 137; Newnadowa 1458, de Wnadowa (!) 1462 AGZ XI No. 3441, 3698; Nyewnyodowa 1465, villam Dvbyeczko Nyewnyadowa 1475 AGZ XVI No. 263, 1040; Nyewnadowa Russka 1497 Matr II No. 646; Niewnadowa 1589 ŹDz XVIII/I, 48; in Nienyadowy 1656 AGZ XXI No. 95; wsiow… Nienadowy 1786 MJ 19, XIII, 3; Nenadowa 1860 Sch 112; Nienadowa, Ruthenian Nenadowa 1886 SG VII 101; Nienadowa 1952 UW 283; Nienadowa, –wy, nienadowski 1966 UN 67, 33. — Compiled name. First element from the singular personal name *Niewnad, compare Ukrainian *Nevnad (: From nadać ‘to offer, to bestow’, with negation and the preposition u-), with the suffix –owo, –ów, –owa. Second element from the singular of the neighboring village Dubiecko (see above), later its ellipsis took place. The form Nienadowa arose as a result of dissimilation wn-w > n-w. The form Niewniadowa//Niewniodowa (ń-n > n-n; n-o > o-o) was also noted. Alternatively, the name was combined with Nienadowa Ruska, with a member distinguishing it from the adjective Ruski. Lit.: SHGSk lI 159-61; MakSk 116.
Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch

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The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes an entry for the village of Nienadowa in Dubiecko Parish.

Ritter, Karl. 1855. “Administrativ-Karte von Den Königreichen Galizien und Lodomerien.” Wien: Verlag und Eigenthum von Artaria & Co.; digital images, Polona (https://polona.pl/item-view/9341ec1b-5a4b-44a5-9f6b-a22c716faf46?page=36: accessed 30 November 2025)

Source:  Sulimierski, Filip, Bronisław Chlebowski, and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1882, Volume III, page 202.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the first Słownik Geograficzny entry for Nienadowa (Dubiecko Parish). Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

Nienadowa, Nenadowa in Ruthenian; a village in Przemyśł Powiat, 28 kilometers to the north-west of the powiat court in Przemyśl, 3 kilometers east of the post office in Dubiecko. To the east are located Babice, Skopów, Kramarzówka (in Jarosław Powiat), to the north-west Hucisko Nienadowskie, to the west Śliwnica, Dubiecko and Ruska wieś (in Brzozów Powiat), to the south Iskań (in Dobromil Powiat). The San River flows along the south-west and southern border, initially from the north-west to the south-east, then it turns to the north-west and to the east. From the left bank, the following streams flow from within the village into the San River: the Kamieniec Stream, flowing from the north from Hucisko Nienadowski, absorbing numerous streams from both banks, and the Świnka Stream, flowing from the north to the south-west. The village buildings are situated in the Kamieńica valley (306 m to the north, 284 m to the south). The northern part of the area is occupied by the “Jodłowski section” forest (378 m), and the south-east corner by the “Słoniec” forest. Between the lower reaches of Kamieniec and Świnka, the “Góra od Świniek” rises on the left bank of the San; on the west side, on the border of Dubiecko, “Góra Gabińska” (361 m), and on the north-east side, on the border of Kramarzówka, “Nienadowa” (443 m, triangulation mark). The road leading from Przemyśl through the picturesque San valley through Dubiecko to Dynów goes through the southern part of the village. The larger property has 675 mórgs [1 mórg = 5755 m²] of arable land, 72 mórgs of meadows and gardens, 49 mórgs of pastures, 818 mórgs of forests; the property has 1452 mórgs of arable land, 153 mórgs of meadows and gardens, 312 mórgs of pastures, and 184 mórgs of forests.In 1880, there were 1,823 m² residents in the gmina, 109 residents on the area of the manor (between them there were 1625 residents on the Roman Catholic shore of the San River). There are Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic parishes in Dubiecko. In the village there is a full-time one-room school, a manor house, a farm, a distillery, a mill, and a forester’s lodge. Siarczyński gives some details about the former owners of the village (Rkp. Ossolineum, No. 1826). In 1588, Stanisław Stadnicki gave up Nienadowa to Anna of Sienna Pilecka in exchange for Łańcut, after which Nienadowa passed to the Sieniński family by succession; then it was held by the Dersiniaks, the Krasickis and the Dembińskis. Lukasz Dz

Today, the historical village of Nienadowa includes two distinct villages: Nienadowa Dolna and Nienadowa Górna.

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The cadastral map of the Polish village of Przedmieście Dubieckie, created by officials of the Austrian Empire in 1854 is available on the website of the Polish State Archives at Szukaj w Archiwach. The files at Szukaj w Archiwach include seven images in five files that, together, form the complete map.

Przedmieście Dubieckie Cadastral Map – 1854
Przedmieście in Galizien 1854 (State Archives in Poland); digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach
(https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/18051214: accessed 02 December 2025)

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The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.

The present-day village of Przedmieście Dubieckie is located in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, about 2 kilometers northwest of Dubiecko. According to Polish Place Names, the village was referred to:
– in Latin as opidum Dubyeczsko cum Suburbia in 1441, Suburbium ante Dubeczsko in 1458, opidum Dubyeczko cum Suburbiis in 1484, Suburbium in 1515, Dubteczense Suburbium in 1589, Przedmyesczye in 1489, Suburbium in 1515, Dubteczense Suburbium in 1589, and as
Przedmieście Dubieckie in 1678,
– in Ukrainian as Peredmistie in 1851,
– in Polish as Przedmieście Dubieckie in 1888 and 1966.

Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 1997, Volume IX, page 293.

Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Przedmieście Dubieckie. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

Przedmieście Dubieckie, village, Przemyśl, Dubiecko gmina, 2 kilometers northwest of Dubiecko: opidum Dubyeczsko cum Suburbio 1441 AGZ XI no. 1371; Suburbium ante Dubeczsko 1458 AGZ XI no. 3433; opidum Dubyeczko cum Suburbiis 1484, Przedmyesczye 1489 AGZ XVI no. 1647, 1940; Suburbium 1515, Dubteczense Suburbium 1589 ŻDz XVIII/1, 149, 48; Przedmieście Dubieckie 1678 AGZ XXII 39; Peredmistie 1851 Sch 124; Przedmieście Dubieckie 1888 SG IX 137; Przedmieście Dubieckie, -cia -kiego, Przedmieście Dubieckie 1966 UN 67, 11. – From the appellative [common word] przedmieście, Ukrainian: peredmistie, Latin: suburbium. In the juxtaposed name, a locating element from the name of the city of Dubiecko. Lit.: SHGSk III 68; MakSk 134. BCz

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The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes an entry for the village of Przedmieście Dubieckie in Dubiecko Parish.

Ritter, Karl. 1855. “Administrativ-Karte von Den Königreichen Galizien und Lodomerien.” Wien: Verlag und Eigenthum von Artaria & Co.; digital images, Polona (https://polona.pl/item-view/9341ec1b-5a4b-44a5-9f6b-a22c716faf46?page=36: accessed 30 November 2025)

Source:  Source: Sulimierski, Filip, Bronisław Chlebowski, and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1882, Volume III, page 202.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the first Słownik Geograficzny entry for Przedmieście Dubieckie (Dubiecko Parish). Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

     Przedmieście 1.) Dubieckie, village, Brzozów powiat, northwest of Dubiecko (25 kilometers), on a stream flowing from below Huty Drohobycka and flowing from here to Śliwnica. It occupies a compact stream valley, surrounded by forests. It constitutes a separate gmina with the area of ​​a larger estate (4 houses, 24 residents) and has 108 houses and 688 residents., 528 Roman Catholics, 131 Greek Catholics, and 29 Jews. The gmina’s borrowing fund has 640 złotys in a. [Note: Not sure what this abbreviation means] capital. The Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic parishes are in Dubiecko. The larger estate (Countess Aleksandra Konarska) consists of 357 mórgs [in Galicia 1 morg = 1.422 acres] of arable land, 59 mórgs of meadows and gardens, 125 mórgs of pastures, and 89 mórgs of forest; the minimum land area is 631 mórgs of arable land, 50 mórgs of meadows, 125 mórgs of pastures, and 95 mórgs of forest. The soil here is rye, moderately fertile, consisting mostly of clay and silica, and in higher places of loam. It borders Kosztowa to the west, Drohohyczka to the north, and Śliwnica to the east.

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The cadastral map of the Polish village of Śliwnica (Dubiecko parish), created by officials of the Austrian Empire in 1852 is available on the website of the Polish State Archives at Szukaj w Archiwach. The files at Szukaj w Archiwach include four images that, together, form the complete map.

The Gesher Galicia Map Room includes a high-resolution version of the cadastral map of Śliwnica (Dubiecko parish) with the individual images stitched together. One of the great features of the maps in the Gesher Galicia Map Room is that the user can zoom in and out of the maps to view either an overview of the map or concentrate on the smallest details.

Śliwnica (Dubiecko parish) Cadastral Map – 1852
Dorf Sliwnica in Galizien Sanoker Kreis 1852 (State Archives in Poland);
digital images, Szukaj w Archiwach
(https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/18050215:
accessed 27 November 2025)

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The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) does not include an entry for the village of Śliwnica in Dubiecko Parish. Furthermore, the Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) that would include an entry for Śliwnica has not yet been published.

Ritter, Karl. 1855. “Administrativ-Karte von Den Königreichen Galizien und Lodomerien.” Wien: Verlag und Eigenthum von Artaria & Co.; digital images, Polona (https://polona.pl/item-view/9341ec1b-5a4b-44a5-9f6b-a22c716faf46?page=36: accessed 30 November 2025)

There is, however, an entry in the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich for the Śliwnica stream which flows through Śliwnica and Dubiecko, and this entry is shown here.

Source:  Chlebowski, Bronisław, Władysław Walewski, and Filip Sulimierski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1889, Volume X, page 767.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the second Słownik Geograficzny entry for Śliwnica, potok. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

Śliwnica, a stream, rises in the vicinity of Śliwnica, Brzozów County, on the northern side, from under the Rączyna hills (452 ​​mt). It flows northward between a hilly valley, through Śliwnica, separates Dubiecko from Przedmieście Dubiecko and flows into the San River on the left bank near the city. Its mouth lies 232 meters above sea level (general height). The length of its course is 10 km. It takes in the Drohobyczka Stream from its right bank, slightly above its mouth.

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