Bukowiec, Wągrowiec County

Bukowiec [buˈkɔvjɛt͡s] (German: Bukowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wągrowiec, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Wągrowiec and 57 km (35 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.

For other places with the same name, see Bukowiec.
Bukowiec
Village
Bukowiec
Bukowiec
Coordinates: 52°52′N 17°16′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyWągrowiec
GminaGmina Wągrowiec
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPWA

History

The village was mentioned in a medieval document from 1282, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. Bukowiec was a private church village, administratively located in the Kcynia County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on December 8, 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of 107 Poles in the nearby forest.[3] Among the victims were activists, participants of the Greater Poland uprising (1918–19), teachers, students, farmers and merchants from various settlements from the region.[3] In 1944, the Germans burned bodies of the victims in attempt to cover up the crime (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[4]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany, Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, 2017, p. 1b (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 211 (in Polish)
  4. Wardzyńska, p. 212



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