Wola Sękowa

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Wola Sękowa
Village
The Pogórze Bukowskie is a hilly region (thus the name, Bukowsko hilly region) in Poland. Wola Sękowa center of village.
Name origin: Its name comes from the west slavic dialect word Wola and Sienko, meaning little village of Simon
Country Poland
Region Sanok County
District Gmina Bukowsko
Elevation 270 m (886 ft)
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Area 8.8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population 220 (31 December 2002)
Density 25 / km2 (65 / sq mi)
First mentioned 1493
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 38 507
Car plate KUS, RSA
Wikimedia Commons: Pogórze Bukowskie
Website: http://www.bukowsko.pl
File:Latin church in Wola Sękowa (Gmina Bukowsko).jpg
Latin church of St. Michael Archangel in Wola Sękowa
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Exodus - multiartistic project - Wola Sękowa

Wola Sękowa [ˈvɔla sɛŋˈkɔva] (Ukrainian: Воля Сенькова, Volia Sen’kova) is a village in East Małopolska in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, Bukowsko rural commune, parish in Bukowsko.

Wola Sękowa is about 15 miles from Sanok in southeast Poland near the border with Slovakia and Ukraine. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain, and has an elevation of 340 metres. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975–1998) and Sanok district, (10 miles east of Sanok). Nearby towns include Medzilaborce and Palota (in northeastern Slovakia). The village lies near the Pielnica River at the foot of the Bukowica mountains, which are the main trail in Pogórze Bukowskie.

History

On April 1946 the village was attacked by a strong unit of UPA and some buildings were burnt. Only over a dozen years after the war the village started to rebuild.

Hiking trails

Literature

  • Prof. Adam Fastnacht. Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu (Historic-Geographic Dictionary of the Sanok District in the Middle Ages), Kraków, 2002, ISBN 83-88385-14-3.

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