Rzemień ' is a village

Village

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 in the administrative district of Gmina Przecław, within Mielec County

Mielec County

Mielec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern 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 largest town is Mielec, which lies ...

, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Przecław, 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Mielec

Mielec

Mielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship...

, and 41 km (25 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

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Rzemień is situated in the valley

Valley

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 of the Wisłoka River. It has a large windmill

Windmill

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 and a large park in which stands an interesting example of early fortification

Fortification

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, a tall square building, with 2 meter thick walls.

History

The fortification

Fortification

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 is said to have been built by Stanisław Tarnowski in 1526. A manuscript , by the Reverend Franciszek Siarczyński

Franciszek Siarczynski

Franciszek Siarczyński - Polish Roman Catholic Priest, member of the Piarist religious order, historian, geographer, teacher, writer and publicist....

 in the Ossolineum library

Ossolineum

The Ossolineum or Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich a meritorious department for Polish science and culture , which was founded for the Polish Nation in 1817 by Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński, and was opened in 1827 in Lviv.It was one of the most important Polish...

, in Wrocław, Poland

Poland

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 records that this village belonged a family called , who were major landowners in the area (also owning Ocieka

Ocieka

Ocieka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ostrów, north-west of Ropczyce, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Wola Ociecka

Wola Ociecka

Wola Ociecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ostrów, north-west of Ropczyce, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

). In 1616 the castle

Castle

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 fortification

Fortification

Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs...

 ownership passed to the noble family of ‘Lubomirski’, who in 1620-1640 modernised it with the most up-to-date defences

Defense (military)

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