Bukowiec [buˈkɔvjɛt͡s] (German: Buchwald) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

Bukowiec
Village
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Coordinates: 50°49′28″N 15°49′1″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Powiat	Jelenia Góra
Gmina	Mysłakowice
Population	710
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Mysłakowice, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Jelenia Góra, and 92 km (57 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 710.

The landmarks of Bukowiec are the Gothic Saint Martin church, the Baroque Saint John the Baptist church, and the Neoclassical palace complex with an adjacent park and a observation tower.

During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp at the local sanatorium, whose prisoners were Jews.[2]

Notable residents

• Horst Brünner (1929–2008), Deputy Defense Minister in the East German Council of Ministers and chief of the Central Political Administration of the National People's Army

Gallery

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  Saint Martin church
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  Saint John the Baptist church
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  Palace
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  Kąpielnik pond

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