Bóbrka, Krosno County

For other places with the same name, see Bóbrka.

Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland

Bóbrka

Village

Historic oil field administration building

Bóbrka

Coordinates: 49°37′58″N 21°41′55″E﻿ / ﻿49.63278°N 21.69861°E﻿ / 49.63278; 21.69861
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship|  Subcarpathian
County| Krosno
Gmina| Chorkówka
Population

• Total

| 800
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| RKR

Historic Monument of Poland

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] It lies approximately 3 km (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.

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

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1. ^ 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
2. ^ "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).
3. ^ "Skansen in Bóbrka" (in Polish and English). 2010-04-30. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26.

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