Bucze, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Bucze (disambiguation).
Bucze
Village
Bucze
Coordinates: 51°36′44″N 16°12′56″E / 51.61222°N 16.21556°E / 51.61222; 16.21556
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Polkowice
Gmina Grębocice

Bucze [ˈbut͡ʂɛ] German: Ehrenfeld-Krone; until 1937: Bautsch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grębocice, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Grębocice, 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Polkowice, and 79 kilometres (49 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 51°36′44″N 16°12′56″E / 51.61222°N 16.21556°E / 51.61222; 16.21556


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