Bolków (; German until 1945: Schlangenhorst, Luchsloch) is a hamlet in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located within the municipality of Dobra Szczecińska in Police County. It includes the Świdwie Educational and Museal Centre, operated as part of the Świdwie nature reserve, dedicated to the protection of bird habitats.
History The artefacts of a hunter society from the Holocene period and the remains of a presumed shaman shrine from the Mesolithic period were discovered in Bolków. Currently, they are displayed in the Świdwie Educational and Museal Centre in the hamlet. By 1775, the settlement was part of the landed estate of Rzędziny. In 1823, it had 8 inhabitants, and in 1864, it featured one house.Encyklopedia Szczecina. T. Suplement 1. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 2003. ISBN 83-7241-272-3. (in Polish)H. Berghaus: Landbuch des Herzogtums Pommern - Schilderung der Zustände dieser Lande in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts (Anklam 1862–1868, 13 Bände) Teil II: Landbuch des Herzogtums Stettin, von Kammin und Hinterpommern. T. Band 2: Randowscher Kreis und Allgemeines über die Kreise auf dem linken Oder-Ufer. Anklam: 1865, pp. 1646-1647. (in German).A. A. Mützell: Neues-Topographisch-Statistisch-Geographsches Wörterbuch des Preussischen Staats. T. 4. Halle: 1823, p. 243. (in German) In 2009, the Świdwie Educational and Museal Centre was opened in Bolków as part of the Świdwie nature reserve, dedicated to the protection of bird habitats in the area.
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