Otwock
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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Otwock
| image_skyline = Nature reserve Swider01.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Świder River in Otwock
| image_shield = POL Otwock COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Masovian Voivodeship|Masovian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Otwock County]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = Otwock <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Zbigniew Szczepaniak
| established_title = Established
| established_date = [[15th century]]
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3 = 1916
| area_total_km2 = 47.33
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 43247
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| latd = 52 | latm = 7 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 21 | longm = 16 | longs = | longEW = E
| elevation_m = 100
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 05-400 to 05-402
| area_code = +48 022
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = WOT
| website = http://www.otwock.pl }}
'''Otwock''' {{Audio-IPA-pl|Otwock.ogg|'|o|t|f|o|c|k}} is a town in central [[Poland]], some 25 km SE of [[Warsaw]], with 42,765 inhabitants (2004). The City is situated on the right side of the Vistula Bank below the Swider River. The city is home to a unique architectural style called Swidermajer.
Otwock is situated in the [[Masovian Voivodship]] (since 1999); previously, it was in [[Warszawa Voivodship]] (1975-1998). It is the capital of [[Otwock County]].
[[Irena Sendler]], the Polish humanitarian who saved thousands of Jewish children during the [[Holocaust]], was born in Otwock in [[1910]].
==Twin towns==
[[Lennestadt]], [[Saint-Amand-Montrond]]
==See also==
*[[Świdermajer]] - The characteristic architecture in the area
==External links==
*[http://www.galeriaotwock.waw.pl Otwock Gallery ]
*[http://ric.jalix.org/Galleries/?dir=Pologne/Otwock Photo gallery]
*[http://www.otwock.pl/ Otwock official site]
*[http://www.twojotwock.pl/ Otwock info site]
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{{Otwock County}}
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