Bukówek

Bukówek
Village
Bukówek
Coordinates: 51°07′38″N 16°31′35″E / 51.12722°N 16.52639°E / 51.12722; 16.52639
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Środa Śląska
Gmina Środa Śląska
Population 280

Bukówek [buˈkuvɛk] (German: Buchwald) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Środa Śląska, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Środa Śląska, and 36 kilometres (22 mi) 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.

The village has a population of 280.

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Coordinates: 51°07′38″N 16°31′35″E / 51.12722°N 16.52639°E / 51.12722; 16.52639


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