Lubusz Voivodship

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 Government 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.

Table of contents
1 Major cities and towns
2 Administrative division
3 History

Major cities and towns

(population in 2003):

Administrative division

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

County nameCounty siteNumber of communesCounty area
(in sq. km)		Population
Gorzow Wielkopolski City County Gorzow Wielkopolski177.2125,700
Gorzow Wielkopolski CountyGorzow Wielkopolski71217.462,300
Krosno Odrzanskie CountyKrosno Odrzanskie71389.960,200
Miedzyrzecz CountyMiedzyrzecz61387.861,000
Nowa Sol CountyNowa Sol111395.4127,400
Slubice CountySlubice5999.847,200
Strzelce-Drezdenko CountyStrzelce Krajenskie51248.351,400
Sulecin CountySulecin51177.435,800
Swiebodzin CountySwiebodzin6937.557,600
Wschowa CountyWschowa
Zielona Gora City CountyZielona Gora158.3117,900
Zielona Gora CountyZielona Gora101570.685,700
Zagan CountyZagan91131.385,700
Zary CountyZary101393.5102,400
Lubusz Voivodship Total8313,984.41,020,300

History

Lubus were part of Poland since around 950. Historically, the province was located on on both banks bank of Odra river. 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 Potsdam conference 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) - is located outside the Polish borders.

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