Sobienie Biskupie | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Otwock |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Sobienie-Jeziory |
Coordinates: | 51.9667°N 41°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 420 |
Registration Plate: | WOT |
Sobienie Biskupie is a village in Gmina Sobienie-Jeziory, Otwock County, in central Poland. The population is near 420. It lies approximately 4km (02miles) north of Sobienie-Jeziory, 180NaN0 south of Otwock, and 360NaN0 south-east of Warsaw.
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. In the Middle Ages, Sobienie was granted to Bishops of Poznań. It was mentioned as a possession of the bishops in the confirmation of old privileges by Duke Bolesław II of Masovia in 1297 and Duke Siemowit III in 1351.
In 1827, the village had a population of 320.[1]
From 1975 to 1998 it was administratively located in Siedlce Voivodeship.