Bąków, Brzeg County

For other places with the same name, see Bąków.

Bąków
Village
St. Catherine's Church
Bąków
Coordinates: 50°46′N 17°17′E / 50.767°N 17.283°E / 50.767; 17.283
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Brzeg
Gmina	Grodków
Population (approx.)	600

Bąków [ˈbɔnkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodków, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Grodków, 18 km (11 mi) south-west of Brzeg, and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

The village has an approximate population of 600.

Places of cultural and tourist interest

St. Catherine's Church (kościół filialny pw. św. Katarzyny) - a Roman Catholic church built during the reign of Preczlaw of Pogarell in the Gothic architectural style. The church was built under the patronage of the commandry of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Oleśnica Mała. In between the years of 1535 and 1945 the church was an evangelical church.^[2]

St. Catherine's Church
St. Catherine's Church

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ "Rejestr Zabytków" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

Gmina Grodków

Town and seat	Grodków

Villages	Bąków Bogdanów Gałązczyce Gierów Głębocko Gnojna Gola Grodkowska Jaszów Jędrzejów Jeszkotle Kobiela Kolnica Kopice Lipowa Lubcz Mikołajowa Młodoszowice Nowa Wieś Mała Osiek Grodkowski Polana Przylesie Dolne Rogów Starowice Strzegów Sulisław Tarnów Grodkowski Więcmierzyce Wierzbna Wierzbnik Wojnowiczki Wojsław Wójtowice Żarów Żelazna Zielonkowice

Coordinates: 50°46′00″N 17°17′00″E / 50.7667°N 17.2833°E / 50.7667; 17.2833

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