Lubusz Voivodeship
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Lubusz Voivodeship Województwo lubuskie | |||
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Voivodeship | |||
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 Location within Poland | |||
 Division into counties | |||
| Country |  Poland | ||
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| Counties | 2 cities, 12 land counties *
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 13,987.93 km2 (5,400.77 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2017) | |||
| • Total | 1,016,652 | ||
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 659,708 | ||
| • Rural | 356,944 | ||
| Car plates | F | ||
HDI (2017) | 0.829[1] very high · 15th | ||
| Website | lubuskie.pl | ||
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Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubusz Province[2] (Polish: województwo lubuskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ luˈbuskʲɛ], German: Woiwodschaft Lebus), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland.
It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the historic Lubusz Land[3] (Lebus or Lubus), although parts of the voivodeship belong to the historic regions of Silesia, Greater Poland and Lusatia. Until 1945, it mainly formed the Neumark within the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.
The functions of regional capital are shared between two cities: Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra. Gorzów serves as the seat of the centrally appointed voivode or governor, while Zielona Góra is the seat of the elected regional assembly (sejmik) and the executive elected by that assembly, headed by a marshal (marszałek).
The region is mainly flat, with many lakes and woodlands. In the south, around Zielona Góra, grapes are cultivated.
Lubusz Voivodeship borders West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the north, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the east, Lower Silesian Voivodeship to the south, and Germany (Brandenburg and Saxony) to the west.
Contents
1 History
2 Cities and towns
3 Administrative division
4 Protected areas
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
By conquest the first leaders of the Polans, Mieszko I and especially Boleslaw I added a number of surrounding territories to the newly established core Polish state, and Lebus Land or Lubusz in Lusatia came under Polish rule. Part of the historic province was located on the western bank of the Oder River, where the main settlement Lubusz, later known as the German town of Lebus, was located.
In 1226 Lebus Land came under direct jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire, and around 1250 it was acquired by the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg. The Lebus Land stayed with Brandenburg throughout (as Electorate within the Holy Roman Empire until 1806, as Prussian Province of Brandenburg since 1815, with Prussia as part of the new Empire of Germany since 1871 and thereafter as a part of the newly created Weimar Republic.
In 1945, the conquest of eastern Germany by the Soviet Red Army was followed by the redrawing of Poland's borders. The east part of the Lubusz (Lebus) region was transferred to Poland, where in communist propaganda it was referred to as part of the "Regained" or "Recovered Territories". That part of the population which had not fled west of the Oder or been killed was rapidly expelled, and replaced by Poles from central and former eastern Poland.
In the administrative reforms of 1998, the original proposals made no provision for a separate Lubusz voivodeship – Gorzów would have been part of West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Zielona Góra would have been in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, and other parts of the region were assigned to Greater Poland Voivodeship. However, as a result of popular protests, these proposals were eventually amended to increase the number of voivodeships to 16, leading to the creation of Lubusz Voivodeship.
Cities and towns[edit]
Zielona Góra is the seat of the provincial assembly
Gorzów Wielkopolski is the seat of the voivodeship governor
Nowa Sól is part of historic Lower Silesia
Żagań
Świebodzin
The voivodeship contains 42 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006[4]):
Zielona Góra (138,512 in 2015)
Gorzów Wielkopolski (124,554)
Nowa Sól (40,351)
Żary (38,967)
Żagań (26,580)
Świebodzin (22,138)
Międzyrzecz (18,700)
Słubice (18,148)
Kostrzyn nad Odrą (17,725)
Sulechów (17,642)
Gubin (17,038)
Lubsko (14,767)
Wschowa (14,573)
Szprotawa (12,613)
Krosno Odrzańskie (12,100)
Drezdenko (10,565)
Strzelce Krajeńskie (10,143)
Skwierzyna (10,010)
Sulęcin (9,972)
Kożuchów (9,784)
Witnica (6,968)
Rzepin (6,697)
Zbąszynek (5,087)
Nowogród Bobrzański (5,036)
Jasień (4,526)
Bytom Odrzański (4,444)
Babimost (4,150)
Czerwieńsk (4,138)
Iłowa (4,048)
Sława (3,942)
Ośno Lubuskie (3,895)
Kargowa (3,641)
Małomice (3,623)
Gozdnica (3,454)
Dobiegniew (3,187)
Cybinka (2,947)
Nowe Miasteczko (2,885)
Łęknica (2,641)
Torzym (2,535)
Trzciel (2,459)
Lubniewice (2,032)
Szlichtyngowa (1,348)
Administrative division[edit]
Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties (powiats): 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
English and Polish names | Area (km²) | Population (2006) | Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
City counties | |||||
Gorzów Wielkopolski | 86 | 125,204 | 1 | ||
Zielona Góra | 58 | 118,201 | 1 | ||
Land counties | |||||
Żary County powiat żarski | 1,393 | 98,929 | Żary | Lubsko, Jasień, Łęknica | 10 |
Zielona Góra County powiat zielonogórski | 1,571 | 89,543 | Zielona Góra * | Sulechów, Nowogród Bobrzański, Babimost, Czerwieńsk, Kargowa | 10 |
Nowa Sól County powiat nowosolski | 771 | 86,773 | Nowa Sól | Kożuchów, Bytom Odrzański, Nowe Miasteczko | 8 |
Żagań County powiat żagański | 1,131 | 82,226 | Żagań | Szprotawa, Iłowa, Małomice, Gozdnica | 9 |
Gorzów County powiat gorzowski | 1,213 | 65,546 | Gorzów Wielkopolski * | Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Witnica | 7 |
Międzyrzecz County powiat międzyrzecki | 1,388 | 58,335 | Międzyrzecz | Skwierzyna, Trzciel | 6 |
Krosno Odrzańskie County powiat krośnieński | 1,390 | 56,463 | Krosno Odrzańskie | Gubin | 7 |
Świebodzin County powiat świebodziński | 937 | 55,989 | Świebodzin | Zbąszynek | 6 |
Strzelce-Drezdenko County powiat strzelecko-drezdenecki | 1,248 | 50,151 | Strzelce Krajeńskie | Drezdenko, Dobiegniew | 5 |
Słubice County powiat słubicki | 1,000 | 46,777 | Słubice | Rzepin, Ośno Lubuskie, Cybinka | 5 |
Wschowa County powiat wschowski | 625 | 38,958 | Wschowa | Sława, Szlichtyngowa | 3 |
Sulęcin County powiat sulęciński | 1,177 | 35,329 | Sulęcin | Torzym, Lubniewice | 5 |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
Protected areas[edit]
The Muskau Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Drawa National Park
Protected areas in Lubusz Voivodeship include two National Parks and eight Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
Drawa National Park (partly in Greater Poland and West Pomeranian Voivodeships)- Ujście Warty National Park
Ujście Warty Landscape Park (partly in West Pomeranian Voivodeship)
Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park (partly in West Pomeranian Voivodeship)- Gryżyna Landscape Park
- Krzesin Landscape Park
- Łagów Landscape Park
Muskau Bend Landscape Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Przemęt Landscape Park (partly in Greater Poland Voivodeship)
Pszczew Landscape Park (partly in Greater Poland Voivodeship)
See also[edit]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
- German exonyms (Lubusz Voivodeship)
References[edit]
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^ Arkadiusz Belczyk,Tłumaczenie polskich nazw geograficznych na język angielski [Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English], 2002-2006.
^ It is likely that it was a response to the names of some German military units; they have been named after lands that since at least 1945 belong to Poland and the very city of Lubusz is located just outside the Polish border in Germany.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-05-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
External links[edit]
- Polish Government Link, Lands conquered by Mieszko I and Boleslaw I
- Official website of Lubusz Voivodeship
- Tourism in Lubuskie - TURYSTYKA
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Coordinates: 52°11′43″N 15°20′51″E / 52.19528°N 15.34750°E / 52.19528; 15.34750
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- Lubusz Voivodeship
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