Bukowiec, Jelenia Góra County
Bukowiec [buˈkɔvjɛt͡s] (German: Buchwald) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 50°49′28″N 15°49′1″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
Powiat | Jelenia Góra |
Gmina | Mysłakowice |
Population | 710 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Mysłakowice, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Jelenia Góra, and 92 km (57 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village has a population of 710.
The landmarks of Bukowiec are the Gothic Saint Martin church, the Baroque Saint John the Baptist church, and the Neoclassical palace complex with an adjacent park and a observation tower.
During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp at the local sanatorium, whose prisoners were Jews.[2]
Notable residents
- Horst Brünner (1929–2008), Deputy Defense Minister in the East German Council of Ministers and chief of the Central Political Administration of the National People's Army
Gallery
- Saint Martin church
- Saint John the Baptist church
- Palace
- Kąpielnik pond
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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