Bóbrka, Gmina Chorkówka
Bóbrka | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Historic oil field administration building | |
Bóbrka | |
| Coordinates: 49°37′58″N 21°41′55″E / 49.63278°N 21.69861°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Krosno |
| Gmina | Chorkówka |
| Population | |
• Total | 800 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | RKR |
| Official name | Bóbrka – oldest oil mine |
| Designated | 2018-12-10 |
| Reference no. | Dz. U., 2019, No. 75[1] |
Bóbrka [ˈbubrka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chorkówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[2]
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.[3] The world's oldest oil mine is a registered Historic Monument of Poland.[1]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bóbrka (powiat krośnieński).
- ^ a b Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 grudnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Bóbrka - najstarsza kopalnia ropy naftowej", Dz. U., 2019, No. 75
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ "Skansen in Bóbrka" (in Polish and English). 2010-04-30. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26.