Ostre | |
Native Name Lang: | pl |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Żywiec |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lipowa |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | early 17th century |
Coordinates: | 49.6628°N 19.0819°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 477 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 34-324 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | (+48) 33 |
Registration Plate: | SZY |
Ostre is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipowa, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) west of Żywiec and 660NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice.
The village was established in the early 17th century on the slopes of Ostre mountain in Silesian Beskids, originally named Podostre.[2]