Bukowo

Bukowo (Polish: [buˈkɔ.vɔ]; German until 1945: Buchholz [ˈbuːxˌhɔlts]) is an administrative neighbourhood forming a subdivision of the North district in the city of Szczecin, Poland. It is a residential area with low-rise single-family housing. The neighbourhood has an area of 4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi), and in 2025, was inhabited by 4,828 people. Bukowo also includes the Gocław Tower, a Romanesque Revival observation tower dating to 1921, with the height of 25 m. The area also includes two conservation areas, Kupala Forest, and Wodozbiór, which form parts of the Ueckermünde Heath. The hamlet of Bukowo was founded in the 18th century, and in 1825, a hamlet of Stare Bukowo was founded to its west. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, two housing estates were developed to their east, as expansion of the village of Stołczyn. The area was incorporated into the city of Szczecin in 1939. After in 1945, the original developments of Bukowo were abandoned and demolished, with new houses being built to their north.