Bukowiec, Bartoszyce County

For other places with the same name, see Bukowiec.
Bukowiec
Village
Bukowiec
Coordinates: 54°17′22″N 20°24′5″E / 54.28944°N 20.40139°E / 54.28944; 20.40139
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie
Population 780

Bukowiec [buˈkɔvjɛt͡s] (German: Buchholz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Górowo Iławeckie, 27 km (17 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 57 km (35 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°17′22″N 20°24′5″E / 54.28944°N 20.40139°E / 54.28944; 20.40139

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