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 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 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.

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

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.