Bukowica

Bukowica
Village
Bukowica
Coordinates: 51°38′53″N 15°45′54″E / 51.64806°N 15.76500°E / 51.64806; 15.76500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Żagań
Gmina	Niegosławice
Population	140

Bukowica [bukɔˈvit͡sa] (German: Bockwitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niegosławice, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Żagań and 37 km (23 mi) south-east of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). 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 140.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Niegosławice

Seat	Niegosławice

Other villages	Bukowica Bukowiczka Dworcowy Gościeszowice Jurzyn Krzywczyce Międzylesie Mycielin Nowa Bukowica Nowa Jabłona Nowy Dwór Przecław Pustkowie Rudziny Stara Jabłona Sucha Dolna Wilczyce Zagóra Zimna Brzeźnica

Coordinates: 51°38′53″N 15°45′54″E / 51.64806°N 15.76500°E / 51.64806; 15.76500

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