Bukowno

Bukowno is a small town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Province.

  • 3.1 Traffic
  • 3.2 Established businesses
  • 4.1 footnotes

Geography

The city is located in the south of Powiats Olkuski. The altitude ranges from 270 m above sea level in the north and the west to 400 m in the southeast as well as the Podlesie district. Through the city flows the river Sztoła.

Expansion of the urban area

The city covers an area of ​​63.42 km ² has a north- south extent of 7.4 and an east- west distance of 13.2 kilometers.

Boroughs

To the city the neighborhoods Centrum Polnoc include (north center ), Center Południe ( Southern Centre), Bór with Przeń, Podlesie, Wodąca, Stare Bukowno with Przymiarki. The southern part of the city is part of the nature reserve Dolinki Krakowskie.

Neighboring communities

In the north, bordering the rural community of Bolesław, in the east the rural community Olkusz, in the south, the municipality Trzebinia, in the west with the municipality of Jaworzno and to the northwest, the urban and rural community Slawkow.

Climate

The annual average temperature is 7.1 ° C with July as warmest and January as the coldest month. The annual rainfall is about 832 mm.

History

1402 Starczynowie, now a district was first mentioned. In the 15th century began the lead mining in the area. 1555 built Jost Ludwik Decjusz a lead smelter. During the third partition of Poland, the place was part of Austria. In 1935 the site access to the rail network by Szczakowa. In 1950, the mining company Bolesław was founded, which today, under the name Zakłady Górniczo - Hutnicze " Boleslaw " SA, is. In 1954, then started again with the lead extraction and electrolysis of zinc. In 1958, the settlement was appointed an independent village, and four years later Bukowno received its town charter. The name is derived from the Bukowno Polish word for beech buk, as in the area, many of these trees can be found. 1975 has been owned by Cracow Province town became part of the newly formed Province of Katowice. Since 1999 Bukowno is part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The nearest international airports are the Katowice airport, located about 36 kilometers north-west, and the John Paul II Kraków-Balice airport about 31 kilometers southeast.

Furthermore, runs through the city, the railway line from Radom over to Katowice Kielce.

About four kilometers from the center runs the country road 94 from Krakow to Dąbrowa Górnica. The Autostrada A4 can be found about 14 kilometers south of Bukowno. A total of 60.2 km ² of township roads are covered, of which 27.2 under the responsibility of the province, the rest under the responsibility of the city.

Established businesses

  • The mining and metallurgical works " Boleslaw " SA
  • The sand pit " Szczakowa " SA, the largest sand pit in Poland.
  • The production, industrial and commercial enterprises "Diana", a producer of various paper goods.
  • Schneider Electric Industries Sp z oo, a producer of electrical switches

References

Footnotes

Bolesław | Bukowno - City | Klucze | Olkusz ( Olkusch ) - City | Slawkow - City | Trzyciąż | Wolbrom - city

  • Gmina in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship
  • Place of Lesser Poland Voivodeship
  • Powiat Olkuski
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