Bąkowiec | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | Powiat |
Subdivision Name2: | Kozienice |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Garbatka-Letnisko |
Subdivision Type4: | Sołectwo |
Subdivision Name4: | Bąkowiec |
Leader Title: | Wójt |
Leader Name: | Tadeusz Molenda |
Leader Title1: | Sołtys |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 51.5039°N 21.7114°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Elevation M: | 160 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 500 |
Area Code Type: | Phone area code(s) (within Poland) |
Area Code: | 48 xxx xx xx |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 26-930 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Car plate(s) |
Blank Info Sec1: | WKZ |
Bąkowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 110NaN0 south-east of Kozienice and 920NaN0 south-east of Warsaw.
26 July 1945 - Division of AK (the commander Bernaciak Marian) released from transport, near Bąkowiec, about 120 prisoners, including many soldiers of underground armies. Among those freed were Lt. Col. Antoni Żurowski "Andrzej Bober" - the commander of VI Division Warszawa-Praga of Armia Krajowa and Lt. Col. Henryk Krajewski "Trzaska" - commander of 30 Poleski Infantry Division in Action "Burza" (English: Storm).