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Bukownica
Village
Saints Philip and James church in BukownicaSaints Philip and James church in Bukownica
Bukownica is located in PolandBukownicaBukownica
Coordinates: 51°28′8″N 18°2′57″E / 51.46889°N 18.04917°E / 51.46889; 18.04917
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyOstrzeszów
GminaGrabów nad Prosną
Population
 • Total950
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPOT

Bukownica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabów nad Prosną, within Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Grabów nad Prosną, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Ostrzeszów, and 130 km (81 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

History

The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1294, it was also mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305. It was then part of the medieval Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland.

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 2, 1939, Germans carried out executions of seven local Poles, then set fire to local houses and shot people fleeing from the fire (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 93.
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