Lubusz Voivodship (original) (raw)

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 the Local Government Reorganization 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 G�ra 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 G�ra, Slubice, Kostrzyn and Gorz�w Wielkopolski.

Major cities and towns

(population in 2003):

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

Administrative division

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

County name	County site	Number of communes	County area(in sq. km)	Population
Gorzow Wielkopolski City County	Gorzow Wielkopolski	1	77.2	125,700
Gorzow Wielkopolski County	Gorzow Wielkopolski	7	1217.4	62,300
Krosno Odrzanskie County	Krosno Odrzanskie	7	1389.9	60,200
Miedzyrzecz County	Miedzyrzecz	6	1387.8	61,000
Nowa Sol County	Nowa Sol	11	1395.4	127,400
Slubice County	Slubice	5	999.8	47,200
Strzelce-Drezdenko County	Strzelce Krajenskie	5	1248.3	51,400
Sulecin County	Sulecin	5	1177.4	35,800
Swiebodzin County	Swiebodzin	6	937.5	57,600
Wschowa County	Wschowa
Zielona Gora City County	Zielona Gora	1	58.3	117,900
Zielona Gora County	Zielona Gora	10	1570.6	85,700
Zagan County	Zagan	9	1131.3	85,700
Zary County	Zary	10	1393.5	102,400
Lubusz Voivodship Total	83	13,984.4	1,020,300

History

Lubus was part of Poland since around 950. Historically, the province was located on both banks along the Odra river. The province Lubus was the first province to be torn apart from Poland in the process of Drang nach Osten in 1242. As the result of the Potsdam conference the region was restored to Poland, without its westernmost part across the Odra river, so the historical capital of the region - Lubusz (German name: Lebus) - is located outside the Polish borders.