| Bąków | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kluczbork |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kluczbork |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1258 |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.9667°N 37°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 1400 |
| Registration Plate: | OKL |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
| Website: | www.bakow.pl |
Bąków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) east of Kluczbork and 430NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Opole.
The village was first mentioned in 1258, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In the past, it was also known in Polish as Bęk.[2]
During World War II, in 1944, the Germans relocated the Stalag Luft 7 prisoner-of-war camp from Morzyczyn to Bąków.[3] [4] It housed Allied POWs of various nationalities, including British, Canadian, American, Polish, Australian, New Zealander, South African, French and Dutch.[3] [4] On 19 January 1945, the Germans evacuated the camp in a death march, which reached the Stalag III-A camp in Luckenwalde on February 8.[3] [5] Following Germany's defeat in the war, the village became again part of Poland.
Heritage sites of Bąków include the old wooden Church of the Assumption and a historic palace.
There is a train station in Bąków. The Polish National road 11 passes through the village.