Bóbrka, Gmina Chorkówka
Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
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Bóbrka [ˈbubrka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chorkówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[2]
Bóbrka | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Historic oil field administration building | |
  Bóbrka Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 49°37′58″N 21°41′55″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 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]
