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Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Bożków
Village
View of Bożków with the Saints Peter and Paul church on the left and Bożków Palace on the rightView of Bożków with the Saints Peter and Paul church on the left and Bożków Palace on the right
Bożków is located in PolandBożkówBożków
Coordinates: 50°31′N 16°34′E / 50.517°N 16.567°E / 50.517; 16.567
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyKłodzko
GminaNowa Ruda
First mentioned1348
Population1,600
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDKL
Voivodeship roads

Bożków (pronounced Bosh-koof ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Ruda, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Nowa Ruda, 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Kłodzko, and 76 kilometres (47 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Bożków Palace

The village is located in Kłodzko Land, a territory which often passed between Polish and Bohemian rulers in the Middle Ages. The first document that mentioned village of Bożków is dated back to 1348 – it noted that Berhardt von Maltwitz was the owner of the village. During the Thirty Years' War the property was confiscated by Ferdinand II and sold or given to Kasper Jaeschke von Eisenhut, an ennobled imperial physician (1633). After his childless death, his widow gave the property to the Kłodzko Jesuits order. John George von Goetzen (b. 1626), starost of the Kłodzko county bought the estate from the order. The Count Anthony Alexander von Magnis finally bought the rights to Bożków in 1780. The property was inherited by Friedrich Wilhelm Antoni Karol Fabricius von Magnis (1786–1861), who was succeeded by his son Wilhelm Ernest Adolf (1828–1888), and then by his grandson Franciszek Wilhelm Karol (b. 1862). The property belonged to the von Magnis family until 1945.

A labour camp of the Reich Labour Service was operated in the village under Nazi Germany. After World War II, Lower Silesia became again part of Poland and the palace became state property. It was gradually turning into a ruin, the interiors were mostly destroyed and even stolen. In 1956, a partial renovation was done. Later, the palace was housing a local school for many years. The Polish drama film Shivers from 1981 was filmed in the Bożków Palace. Currently, the palace is in private hands. In February 2021, it was again offered for sale.

People from Bożków

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "Szlaki Kulturowe: Bożków – a palace". Archived from the original on 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  3. "XI Mittelschlesien" (in German). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. "Dolny Śląsk: Bajkowy pałac na sprzedaż! Jest ich znacznie więcej [CENY, ZDJĘCIA]". Portal I.pl. 3 February 2021.
Gmina Nowa Ruda
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