Bóbrka, Krosno County

For other places with the same name, see Bóbrka.

Bóbrka [ˈbubrka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chorkówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) south-east of Chorkówka, 7 km (4 mi) south-west of Krosno, and 50 km (31 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

Bóbrka
Village
Historic oil field administration building
Bóbrka
Coordinates: 49°37′58″N 21°41′55″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Krosno
Gmina	Chorkówka
Population
• Total	800
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	RKR
Historic Monument of Poland
Official name	Bóbrka – oldest oil mine
Designated	2018-12-10
Reference no.	Dz. U., 2019, No. 75[1]

Bóbrka with the surrounding area from Krosno to Gorlice is among the oldest places where the roots of world oil industry started. In the forest near Bóbrka the world's first oil field was established, with a regular oil output since 1854. One of the rock oil mine owners was Polish pharmacist, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, who was the first to produce distilled kerosene from oil in 1852/1853. He also invented the kerosene lamp in 1853.^[3] The world's oldest oil mine is a registered Historic Monument of Poland.^[1]