Osina ()Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer is a village in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osina. It lies approximately north-east of Goleniów and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
History The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967. Following the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the Duchy of Pomerania, later under suzerainty of Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire. From the 18th century, it became part of Kingdom of Prussia and, from 1871 to 1945, part of Germany.
During World War II, the German Nazi government operated a forced labour subcamp of the prison in Goleniów in the village. After the defeat of Germany in 1945, according to the Potsdam Agreement,https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/poland-in-1945 Osina was reintegrated into Poland.
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