Sobienie Biskupie

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Sobienie Biskupie is a village in Gmina Sobienie-Jeziory, Otwock County, in central Poland. The population is near 420. It lies approximately 4 km north of Sobienie-Jeziory, 18 km south of Otwock, and 36 km south-east of Warsaw.

History

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. From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in Siedlce Voivodeship.

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