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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Burkatów
| settlement_type = Village
| image_shield =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Lower Silesian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Świdnica County|Świdnica]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Świdnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Gmina Świdnica]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|47|35|N|16|27|58|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = DSW
}}
'''Burkatów''' {{IPAc-pl|b|u|r|'|k|a|t|u|f}} is a village in the administrative district of [[Gmina Świdnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Gmina Świdnica]], within [[Świdnica County]], [[Lower Silesian Voivodeship]], in south-western Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa|title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)|date=2008-06-01|language=pl}}</ref>
It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} south-east of [[Świdnica]], and {{convert|55|km|mi|0}} south-west of the regional capital [[Wrocław]].
==History==
The territory became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century, and following its fragmentation into smaller provincial duchies it formed part of the duchies of [[Duchy of Silesia]] and [[Świdnica]]. In 1280 it was a ducal village of the [[Piast dynasty]]. Later, it passed to [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. The [[Battle of Burkersdorf (1762)|Battle of Burkersdorf]] was fought on July 21, 1762, during the [[Seven Years' War]]. Following Germany's defeat in [[World War II]], it became again part of Poland.
==References==
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{{Gmina Świdnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship}}
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[[Category:Populated riverside places in Poland]]
[[Category:Villages in Świdnica County]]
{{Świdnica-geo-stub}}