Buczyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Buczyna.

Buczyna
Village
Buczyna
Coordinates: 51°33′N 15°55′E / 51.550°N 15.917°E / 51.550; 15.917
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Polkowice
Gmina	Radwanice
Population	420

Buczyna [buˈt͡ʂɨna] (German: Buchendamm; until 1937: Buchwald) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radwanice, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Radwanice, 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Polkowice, and 92 kilometres (57 mi) north-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 420.

Church (2012)

References

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

Gmina Radwanice

Seat	Radwanice

Other villages	Borów Buczyna Dobromil Drożów Drożyna Jakubów Kłębanowice Łagoszów Wielki Lipin Nowa Kuźnia Nowy Dwór Przesieczna Sieroszowice Strogoborzyce Teodorów Ułanów

Coordinates: 51°33′N 15°55′E / 51.550°N 15.917°E / 51.550; 15.917

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