The site of the backcountry shelter 'Bukowiec' in Jabłonna nature reserve Bukowiec Jabłonowski in the Legionowo Forests
The insurgent headquarters of the 1st Region
'Marianowo-Brzozów', 8th Home
Army District 'Obroża' ('Collar'), were established
in an apartment of a cooperative
store in the Market Place in Legionowo for
the 'W-hour' in 1944. However, at the moment
of assuming positions, the guard
staff encountered a German motorcycle
patrol and an armoured car. There was
an exchange of fire as a result of which
the Germans withdrew. But at the sound
of gunfire, German artillery cars passing
along the road Jabłonna-Zegrze soon after
entered the market square and began
firing on Legionowo. The headquarters
had to be transferred to the backcountry
shelter named 'Bukowiec'. This was the
place where the insurgent troops gathered.
Approximately several hundred soldiers,
ready for fighting, gathered at the assembly
point in Bukowiec.
The backcountry shelter 'Bukowiec' was built in the 19th century, on the Chochole Błota, i.e. near the marshes in the Legionowo Forests, part of the possessions which belonged to the Potocki family. Today, only the remnants of foundations and rubble from the former backcountry shelter remain.
The backcountry shelter 'Bukowiec' was built in the 19th century, on the Chochole Błota, i.e. near the marshes in the Legionowo Forests, part of the possessions which belonged to the Potocki family. Today, only the remnants of foundations and rubble from the former backcountry shelter remain.