Opactwo o is a village

Village

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 in the administrative district of Gmina Sieciechów

Gmina Sieciechów

Gmina Sieciechów is a rural gmina in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sieciechów, which lies approximately east of Kozienice and south-east of Warsaw....

, within Kozienice County

Kozienice County

Kozienice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kozienice, which lies ...

, Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-central Poland.

It lies on the national road

National roads in Poland

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 , approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Sieciechów

Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship

Sieciechów is a village in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sieciechów..-History:...

, 15 km (9 mi) east of Kozienice

Kozienice

Kozienice is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Kozienice County .-Description:...

, and 91 km (57 mi) south-east of Warsaw

Warsaw

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The name of the village comes from the name of the Benedictine

Benedictine

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 Abbey

Abbey

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.

Monastery

Monastery

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 located in Opactwo, was founded by the Benedictine

Benedictine

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, brought by Sieciech

Sieciech

- Biography :All information about Sieciech has come down from the chronicler Gallus Anonymus. He was a count palatine at the court of duke Władysław I Herman of Poland. Though the exact dates of his birth and death are unknown, he is said by Gallus Anonymus to have lived in the second half of the...

 from Provence

Provence

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. At first, it has been in the medieval city Sieciechów

Sieciechów

Sieciechów may refer to:*Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship *Sieciechów, Łódź Voivodeship * Sieciechów , a village in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine;...

, but after the change of the Vistula

Vistula

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 river path, moved to a location where he stands to this day. The original location is not known. Abbey

Abbey

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had one of the largest libraries in the country.