Bóbrka,_Krosno_County

Bóbrka, Krosno County

Bóbrka, Krosno County

Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland

For other places with the same name, see Bóbrka.

Bóbrka [ˈbubrka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chorkówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Chorkówka, 7 km (4 mi) south-west of Krosno, and 50 km (31 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

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Bóbrka with the surrounding area from Krosno to Gorlice is among the oldest places where the roots of world oil industry started. In the forest near Bóbrka the world's first oil field was established, with a regular oil output since 1854. One of the rock oil mine owners was Polish pharmacist, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, who was the first to produce distilled kerosene from oil in 1852/1853. He also invented the kerosene lamp in 1853.[2]

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    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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    "Skansen in Bóbrka" (in Polish and English). 2010-04-30. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26.


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