Otwock 386944 222293989 2008-06-28T15:38:39Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[pt:Otwock]] {{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] <br> {{Otwock County}} {{Mazowsze-geo-stub}} {{coor title dm|52|07|N|21|16|E|region:PL_type:city}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship]] [[Category:Otwock County]] [[de:Otwock]] [[eo:Otwock]] [[fr:Otwock]] [[is:Otwock]] [[it:Otwock]] [[jv:Otwock]] [[lv:Otvocka]] [[nl:Otwock]] [[pl:Otwock]] [[pt:Otwock]] [[ro:Otwock]] [[ru:Отвоцк]] [[sr:Отвоцк]] [[sv:Otwock]]