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LUBUSZ

Specialty Definition: Lubusz Voivodship

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The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubuskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the western part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Zielona Gora and Gorzow Wielkopolski voivodships as a result of Local Goverment Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lubusz Land (also Lebus Land or Lubus Land), a medieval Polish province.

It borders with the West Pomeranian (Zachodniopomorskie), Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie) and Lower Silesian (Dolnoslaskie) voivodships.

This is a swampy area of unspoilt nature, lakes and woodlands. Around Zielona Góra in the southern part of the region there is wine growing. It is a small region in area and in population among the country's sixteen voivodships. Its principal cities are Zielona Góra, Slubice, Kostrzyn and Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Administrative division

The two capitals of this administrative region are : Zielona Gora and Gorzow Wielkopolski.
Area : 13,985 km²
Population : 1,019,000.

• Gorzow Wielkopolski City County
• Gorzow Wielkopolski County, Gorzow Wielkopolski
• Krosno Odrzanskie County, Krosno Odrzanskie
• Miedzyrzecz County, Miedzyrzecz
• Nowa Sol County, Nowa Sol
• Slubice County, Slubice
• Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Strzelce Krajenskie
• Sulecin County, Sulecin
• Swiebodzin County, Swiebodzin
• Wschowa County, Wschowa
• Zielona Gora City County
• Zielona Gora County, Zielona Gora
• Zagan County, Zagan, Poland
• Zary County, Zary

Major cities and towns

(population in 2003):

• Gorzow Wielkopolski (127.500)
• Zielona Góra (120.500)
• Zagan, Poland (27.400)
• Nowa Sol (42.100)
• Zary (40.900)
• Swiebodzin (22.600)
• Miedzyrzecz (19.700)

History

Lubus were part of Poland since around 950. Historically, the part of the province were located on the western bank of Oder. Lubus province were the first province, that were torn apart from Poland in the process of Drang nach Osten in 1242. As the result of World War II German expulsion after World War II the region was restored to Poland, without it's westernmost part across the Odra river, so the historical capital of the region - Lubusz (german name: Lebus) - lies outside the polish borders.

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Voivodships of Poland:
Greater Poland Voivodship  |  Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship  |  Lesser Poland Voivodship  |  Lodz Voivodship  |  Lower Silesian Voivodship  |  Lublin Voivodship  |  Lubusz Voivodship  |  Masovian Voivodship  |  Opole Voivodship  |  Subcarpathian Voivodship  |  Podlasie Voivodship  |  Pomeranian Voivodship  |  Swietokrzyskie Voivodship  |  Silesian Voivodship  |  Warmian-Masurian Voivodship  |  West Pomeranian Voivodship

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lubusz Voivodship."

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