Bukowice, Milicz County

Bukowice
Village
Bukowice
Coordinates: 51°23′43″N 17°21′22″E / 51.39528°N 17.35611°E / 51.39528; 17.35611
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Milicz
Gmina Krośnice
Population 1,850

Bukowice [bukɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Frauenwaldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Milicz, and 38 kilometres (24 mi) north-east 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 1,850.

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Coordinates: 51°23′43″N 17°21′22″E / 51.39528°N 17.35611°E / 51.39528; 17.35611


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