Bukowiec | |
Total Type: | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | Powiat |
Subdivision Name2: | Jelenia Góra |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Mysłakowice |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Coordinates: | 50.8244°N 15.8169°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 710 |
Bukowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-east of Mysłakowice, 110NaN0 south-east of Jelenia Góra, and 920NaN0 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]