| Velká Bukovina | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ústí nad Labem |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Děčín |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.7306°N 14.3969°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1454 |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.36 |
| Elevation M: | 313 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 514 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 407 29 |
Velká Bukovina (German: Groß Bocken) is a municipality and village in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The villages of Karlovka and Malá Bukovina are administrative parts of Velká Bukovina.
The name Bukovina is derived from the Czech word buk, i.e. 'beech'. The adjective Velká ("great") distinguishes it from the neighbouring village Malá Bukovina ("Small Bukovina").[2]
Velká Bukovina is located about 13km (08miles) southeast of Děčín and 26km (16miles) east of Ústí nad Labem. It lies in the Central Bohemian Uplands. The Velký Pond is located in the eastern part of the municipal territory.
Originally, this territory was colonized by the Lords of Klinštejn. The first written mention of Velká Bukovina is from 1454, when the village belonged to Jan of Vartenberk. The Vartenberks acquired the area in 1428, when Jindřich Berka of Dubá sold Žandov and Česká Kamenice to Zikmund of Vartenberk. In 1538, the Žandov estate was acquired by the brothers Přibík and Petr Týnský of Týn, who had built a fortress in Velká Bukovina and set up a separate estate. In 1732, Duchess Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg bought Velká Bukovina and annexed it to the Zákupy estate.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Velká Bukovina is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was built in the Baroque style in 1716 on the site of an older church.[3]
A cultural monument is the former late Gothic fortress from 1536, rebuilt into the early Baroque manor house in 1656. After several modifications it lost the character of a manor house.[4]