Ocieka [ɔˈt͡ɕɛka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

The Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło was said to be a frequent visitor to the area, listing it as one of his ‘favourite’ places for ‘hunting and recuperation’.

[2][6]With these outlying settlements the village has 1,465 Roman Catholic inhabitants, of whom 127 live on the grounds of the major estate, owned by Count Władyslaw Romer.

The villages nearest Ocieka are, to the east, Zdżary and Kamionka, to the south Ostrów, to the west Pustków-Krownice and Dąbie, to the north Blizna.

[2] (extracts translated from the 1886 edition of ‘Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego’)During the Second World War, Ocieka was in the middle of SS military-controlled region Heidelager.

A large SS-officer training centre SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager and on-site concentration camp were located in Pustków Osiedle 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) west of Ocieka.

The secret Nazi V-2 missile launch site was located 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) to the northeast in Blizna.

[3] Its sacristy was used as an office for SS officers, including Wernher von Braun, who from 5 November 1943 until early July 1944, led a team of German scientists developing and firing V-2 missiles at the secret launch site in nearby Blizna[3][9][10]