Bukowiec, Karkonosze County
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Bukowiec.
Bukowiec [buˈkɔvjɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Quick Facts Country, Voivodeship ...
Bukowiec | |
---|---|
Village | |
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) |
Close
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 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 an 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]