Burkatów

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Burkatów
Village
Burkatów
Coordinates: 50°47′35″N 16°27′58″E / 50.79306°N 16.46611°E / 50.79306; 16.46611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Świdnica
Gmina	Gmina Świdnica

Burkatów [burˈkatuf] (German: Burkersdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Świdnica, and 55 kilometres (34 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The Battle of Burkersdorf was fought on July 21, 1762 during the Seven Years' War.

References

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

v t e Gmina Świdnica

Villages	Bojanice Boleścin Burkatów Bystrzyca Dolna Bystrzyca Górna Gogołów Grodziszcze Jagodnik Jakubów Komorów Krzczonów Krzyżowa Lubachów Lutomia Dolna Lutomia Górna Lutomia Mała Makowice Miłochów Modliszów Mokrzeszów Niegoszów Opoczka Panków Pogorzała Pszenno Słotwina Stachowice Stachowiczki Sulisławice Wieruszów Wilków Wiśniowa Witoszów Dolny Witoszów Górny Zawiszów Złoty Las

Seat (not part of the gmina)	Świdnica

Coordinates: 50°47′35″N 16°27′58″E / 50.79306°N 16.46611°E / 50.79306; 16.46611

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