Bąków, Kluczbork County

Bąków
Bąków
Village
	Church of the Assumption in Bąków
	Bąków
	Coordinates: 50°58′N 18°19′E / 50.967°N 18.317°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Kluczbork
Gmina	Kluczbork
First mentioned	1258
Population	1,400
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	OKL
National roads
Website	www.bakow.pl

Bąków ([ˈbɔnkuf]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Kluczbork and 43 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1258, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In the past, it was also known in Polish as Bęk.^[2]

During World War II, in 1944, the Germans relocated the Stalag Luft 7 prisoner-of-war camp from Morzyczyn to Bąków.^[3]^[4] It housed Allied POWs of various nationalities, including British, Canadian, American, Polish, Australian, New Zealander, South African, French and Dutch.^[3]^[4] On 19 January 1945, the Germans evacuated the camp in a death march, which reached the Stalag III-A camp in Luckenwalde on February 8.^[3]^[5] Following Germany's defeat in the war, the village became again part of Poland.

Sights

Heritage sites of Bąków include the old wooden Church of the Assumption and a historic palace.

Transport

There is a train station in Bąków. The Polish National road 11 passes through the village.

Notable residents

Walter Scheunemann (1909–1949), German Wehrmacht officer
Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (1898–1943), German Luftwaffe general

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 167.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 510. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
^ ^a ^b Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 38. Opole: 53. ISSN 0137-5199.
^ Stanek, p. 64

[TERYT-1] "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

[2] Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 167.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[ushm-3] Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 510. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.

[ps-4] Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 38. Opole: 53. ISSN 0137-5199.

[5] Stanek, p. 64

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v t e Gmina Kluczbork
Town and seat	Kluczbork
Villages	Bąków Bażany Biadacz Bogacica Bogacka Szklarnia Bogdańczowice Borkowice Czaple Wolne Gotartów Krasków Krzywizna Kujakowice Dolne Kujakowice Górne Kuniów Ligota Dolna Ligota Górna Ligota Zamecka Łowkowice Maciejów Nowa Bogacica Przybkowice Smardy Dolne Smardy Górne Stare Czaple Unieszów Żabiniec