| Bulowice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oświęcim |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kęty |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1377 |
| Coordinates: | 49.8333°N 34°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Population Total: | 4664 |
Bulowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęty, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south of Kęty, 250NaN0 south of Oświęcim, and 560NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
The village was first mentioned in 1377 in the document which listed its noble owner, Rachnowski z Bulyvycz.[2]
Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Oświęcim, formed in 1315 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1457 Jan IV of Oświęcim agreed to sell the duchy to the Polish Crown, and in the accompanying document issued on 21 February the village was mentioned as Bulowicze.[3]
The territory of the Duchy of Oświęcim was eventually incorporated into Poland in 1564 and formed Silesian County of Kraków Voivodeship. Upon the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it became part of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia. In the 19th century the village belonged to the Larisch family, who erected a palace in 1882.
After World War I and fall of Austria-Hungary it became part of Poland. It was annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II, and afterwards it was restored to Poland.
. Julian Zinkow . Oświęcim i okolice. Przewodnik monograficzny . Wydawnictwo „PLATAN“ . 1994 . Oświęcim . 233 . Polish . 83-7094-002-1.