"Oszkinie - back to 13th century settlement" Oszkinie by Raimix

Oszkinie Travel Guide: 2 reviews and 7 photos

Oszkinie is a village in Poland, not so far from the border with Lithuania. It is located about 2 kilometres from Punsk and 16 kilometres from Sejny. All these places still keep Lithuanian culture, and populated at least about 20 percent by Lithuanians. Let say, in Oszkinie village over 90 percent of population are Lithuanians.

Oszkinie is known from 1569 with the other name – Dubrauninkai. Later, in second half of 18th century, the name of it changed to this one (in Lithuanian it is from word “goat”). The place nowadays is famous for artificially made Jotwingian – Prussian settlement, to show how old Baltic tribes were living. These tribes were assimilated till 19th century.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Well made artificial settlement, interesting stories told by its owner.
Cons:Bad road to destination.
In a nutshell:Return to Baltic tribes’ settlement of 13th century.

Last visit to Oszkinie: Oct 2009
Intro Updated Feb 6, 2010
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Reviews (2)

Small town Punsk Off The Beaten Path (1)

Small town of Punsk is just about 2 kilometers from Ozskinie. It is place, where about 80 percents of Lithuanians life.... more travel advice

Jotwingian – Prussian artificial settlement - Oszkinie

Jotwingian – Prussian artificial... Things to Do (1)

Petras Lukosevicius (1/3 Jotwingian, 1/3 Prussian, 1/3 Lithuanian, as he says) bought and started to construct here... more travel advice

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yumyum Apr 24, 2010 at 12:11 PM

What an interesting off the beaten path destination!
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sihi Apr 19, 2010 at 4:42 AM

What an interesting place! The settlement looks something similar to Biskupin settlement in North-Central Poland.
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HORSCHECK Feb 10, 2010 at 9:29 AM

Another fabulous new page of yours. I must admit that I have never heard of Punsk and Oszkinie, but both places seem to be well worth a sidetrip.