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14 unusual facts about Lubusz Voivodeship


Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm

After the death of her husband in 1934, Armgard managed an estate in Reckenwalde, Province of Brandenburg (now Wojnowo, Poland), together with her partner Alexis Pantchoulidzew.

Bishopric of Lebus

In view of the pressure exerted by Brandenburg, the bishops in 1276 moved the episcopal seat to Göritz (Górzyca) east of the Oder.

Bismarck Tower, Zielona Góra

Despite its name, the tower is actually located in the village of Wilkanowo, Lubusz Voivodeship (Wittgenau in German), 6 km southwest of Zielona Góra.

Eva-Maria Hagen

Eva-Maria Hagen (born Eva-Maria Buchholz, 19 October 1934 in Kołczyn, Province of Brandenburg, now Poland) is a German actress and singer.

Gmina Dąbie

Gmina Dąbie, Lubusz Voivodeship, a rural gmina in Krosno Odrzańskie County, Lubusz Voivodeship

Hahndorf, South Australia

The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia, many of whom were aboard the Zebra arriving on 28 December 1838.

Hans Adam von Schöning

Hans Adam von Schöning was the owner of an estate in Brzoza.

Jonasz Szlichtyng

Jonasz Szlichtyng (German: Jonas Schlichting) (Bukowiec, Lubusz Voivodeship 1592 - Sulechów 1661) was a Polish nobleman, theologian of the Socinian Polish Brethren and father of Krzysztof Szlichtyng.

Lubusz Land

The Lebus bishops tried to maintain their affiliation with Poland and in 1276 therefore moved their residence east of the Oder river to Górzyca (Göritz upon Oder), an episcopal fief.

Lubusz Voivodeship

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.

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 (Province of Lebus or Palatinate of Lebus) , and other parts of the region were assigned to Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Lusatian Neisse

The Lusatian Neisse is a left-bank tributary of the river Oder, into which it flows between Neißemünde-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn north of the towns of Guben and Gubin.

Neuzelle

The monks were granted large estates, up to Fürstenberg in the north and Szydłów (Schiedlo) beyond the Oder River in the east.

Tamsel

The estate is located in what is today the small village of Dąbroszyn, Poland, and consists of a manor house, a church and a park.


George Charles Dyhern

His father was Baron Melchior Frederick de Dyhern, a wealthy Lord, who owned considerable land in Lubusz Voivodeship, and his mother was the Countess Helen de Nimptsch.