Bąkowiec

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Bąkowiec
—  Village  —
Bąkowiec is located in Poland
Bąkowiec
Coordinates: 51°30′14″N 21°42′41″E / 51.50389°N 21.71139°E / 51.50389; 21.71139Coordinates: 51°30′14″N 21°42′41″E / 51.50389°N 21.71139°E / 51.50389; 21.71139
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship POL województwo mazowieckie flag.svg Masovian
Powiat POL powiat kozienicki flag.svg Kozienice
Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko
Sołectwo Bąkowiec
Government
 • Wójt Tadeusz Molenda
 • Sołtys
Elevation 160 m (520 ft)
Population (2006) 500
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Mail box Poland.jpg Postal code 26-930
Phone area code(s)
(within Poland)		 48 xxx xx xx
Car plate(s) WKZ
Wikimedia Commons favicon.png Wikimedia Commons Garbatka-Letnisko

Bąkowiec [bɔnˈkɔvjɛt​͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Kozienice and 92 km (57 mi) south-east of Warsaw.

[edit] History

26 July 1945 - Division of AK (the commander Bernaciak Marian) released from transport, near Bąkowiec, about 120 prisoners, including many soldiers of underground armies. Among those freed were Lt. Col. Antoni Żurowski "Andrzej Bober" - the commander of VI Division Warszawa-Praga of Armia Krajowa and Lt. Col. Henryk Krajewski "Trzaska" - commander of 30 Poleski Infantry Division in Action "Burza" (English: Storm).

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

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