Buk, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 52°21′N 16°31′E / 52.350°N 16.517°E / 52.350; 16.517
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Buk
Town hall
Town hall
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
64-320
Area code+48 61
Vehicle registrationPZ, POZ
Primary airportPoznań–Ławica Airport
Voivodeship roads
Websitewww.buk.gmina.pl

Buk [buk] is a town in Poznań County, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 5,903.[1]

Etymology

The town's name means "Beech" in Polish, and the flag of the town shows a branch of beech, and three beech leaves. According to legend, Mieszko I, the first Christian ruler of Poland, died under a beech tree near the city.

History

Grey Ranks memorial

Buk was granted

town rights in 1289. It was a private church town, administratively located in the Poznań County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet

Fall of Communism in the 1980s. Some members of the Polish resistance movement were persecuted by the communists after the war. In 1947, the communists arrested Henryk Blimel, leader of the local Lisy unit of the Grey Ranks, and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.[7]

From 1945 to 1998, Buk was administratively part of the Poznań Voivodeship.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18712,670—    
18802,885+8.1%
18903,348+16.0%
19003,547+5.9%
19103,737+5.4%
19213,480−6.9%
YearPop.±%
19313,637+4.5%
19393,586−1.4%
19503,475−3.1%
19603,989+14.8%
20106,089+52.6%
Source: [8][9][10]

Transport

The Polish Voivodeship roads 306 and 307 pass through the town, and the A2 motorway runs nearby, north of the town. There is also a train station in Buk.

Major corporations

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-06-02. Data for territorial unit 3021034.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  3. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4
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  4. ISBN 83-85003-97-5
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  5. ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 648.
  6. ^ "Ewakuacja piesza". Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Żabikowie (in Polish). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945. p. 99.
  8. ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 199.
  9. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 5.
  10. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
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