Lubin
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| Coordinates: 51°24′N 16°12′E / 51.4°N 16.2°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| County | Lubin County | ||
| Gmina | Lubin (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 12th century | ||
| City rights | 1295 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Robert Raczyński | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 40.77 km2 (15.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 76,595 | ||
| - Density | 1,878.7/km2 (4,865.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 59-300 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 76 | ||
| Car plates | DLU | ||
| Website | http://www.lubin.pl | ||
Lubin [ˈlubin] (German: Lüben) is a town in south-western Poland, on the Zimnica River. As of the 2004 census, the town had a total population of 77,625.
Lubin is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). Lubin is the seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban gmina).
The third-largest Polish corporation, KGHM Polska Miedź, has its headquarters in Lubin.
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[edit] History
Lubin lies midway between the main settlements of two ancient Slavic tribes, the Dziadoszanie and the Trzebowianie. It is unclear which of the two tribes, if either, founded the town. One legend states that the town derives its name from Luba, a young man credited with slaying a giant bear that had been terrifying the inhabitants. A papal bull dated to circa 1155 mentions Lubin as one of 13 Silesian castellanies. .
According to legend the voivode Piotr Włostowic of Dunin (1080-1153) had the fieldstone church built on the hill in the west of Lubin, where about 1230 a castellany and a village arose that until today is called the Old Town (Polish: Stary Lubin). This settlement was first mentioned under the Old Polish name of Lubin in a 1267 deed by Pope Clement IV as a fiefdom of Trebnitz Abbey. The New Town of what is today Lubin was probably founded about 1280 by German settlers, maybe from the Low Countries or Franconia, within the Duchy of Ścinawa. It obtained its city rights about 1295. From 1331 it belonged to the Bohemian crown and shared the political fortunes of Silesia. In 1742 it became a part of Prussia. In 1871 it was connected by rail to Liegnitz and Glogau. During World War II about 70% of the city's buildings were destroyed. In 1945 between the days of 8-10 February Red Army soldiers mass-murdered 150 German pensioners in an old-people's home and 500 psychiatric hospital patients in Lubin[1]. As a result of the decisions taken at the Potsdam Conference (1945), the city became a part of the communist People's Republic of Poland and the German population was forcibly expelled and replaced by Poles, many of them expelees themselves from areas of eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. In 1982 the town saw significant demonstrations against the martial law declared by the Communist regime, which were put down by security units, resulting in the deaths of three people[2][3].
[edit] Education
[edit] Sports
- Zagłębie Lubin - men's football team, champion of Poland in 1990/1991 and 2006-2007.
- Interferie Zagłębie Lubin - men's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Men's Handball League (champion of Poland in season 2006/2007) and women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League.
[edit] Transport
Roads: No. 3 (International E65) - Jakuszyce-Legnica-Lubin-Zielona Góra-Gorzów Wielkopolski-Szczecin-Świnoujście
No. 36 - Rawicz-Lubin-Prochowice(-Wrocław)
Lubin has an international airport with a 1000m concrete/asphalt runway.
[edit] Notable residents
- William I of Württemberg (* 27 September 1781 in Lüben; † 25. Juni 1864 in Stuttgart), second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.
- Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff (* 27 März 1905 in Lüben; † 27. Januar 1980 in Munich), military officer, one of the few German military anti-Hitler plotters to survive the war.
- Gerd von Tresckow (* 21 März 1899 in Lüben; † 6. September 1944 in Berlin, Suicide), military officer, resistance fighter 20 July plot, brother of Henning von Tresckow.
[edit] References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Lubin 1982 - wydarzenia z 31 sierpnia 1982, stan wojenny, fotografie - Solidarność, historia współczesna, historia stanu wojennego, ZOMO, milicja, podziemie, władza ludowa, demonstracja, opozycja, Michał Adamowicz, Andrzej Trajkowski, Mieczysławie Poźniak, ofiary
- ^ Defiance in the Streets - TIME
[edit] External links
- Official Lubin website
- Photo Gallery - Lubin and Zaglebie
- Lubin Iniquity 1982
- Zaglebie Lubin football club
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