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# Buk

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Buk** — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Buchenstadt** — German occupation-imposed name from 1943 until 1945, explicitly recorded in English history.

## French name

**Buk** — Same as in English; the French town-specific reference uses Buk, with a country qualifier in the article title.

## About

Buk is a town west of Poznań in Poland's Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its name means beech in Polish, and a beech branch appears in its civic imagery.

## Notes

Empty input Wikidata resolved to town Q667588. Initial bare Buk/English Buk, Poland redirected to disambiguation Q226207; correct town-specific reference used. German occupation-imposed Buchenstadt dates to 1943–1945. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk,\_Greater\_Poland\_Voivodeship ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk\_(Pologne).

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q667588](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q667588) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/buk/?format=json)


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