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'Lubusz Voivodeship' (also "'Lubusz Province'" — Polish: ''województwo lubuskie'') is a voivodeship, or province, in western Poland.
It borders on West Pomeranian, Greater Poland, Lower Silesian Voivodeships and on Germany.
It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province's name recalls the historic Lubusz Land (Lebus or Lubus), a medieval Polish district.
The two capitals of Lubusz Province are Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra.
This is a flat, swampy region with many lakes and woodlands. In the south, around Zielona Góra, grapes are cultivated.

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History

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. Part of the historic province was located on the western bank of the Oder River, where the main settlement 'Lubusz', later known as the German town of Lebus, was located.
In 1226 Lebus Land came under direct jurisdiction of the empire and around 1250, it was acquired by the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg. It was thus sometimes referred to by Polish communists as 'the first Polish province to fall to German expansionism (See ''Drang nach Osten'')'.
In 1945, the conquest of eastern Germany by the Soviet Union was followed by the redrawing of Poland's borders. The east part of the region Lubusz (Lebus) was transferred to Poland, which refers to it as part of the 'Regained' or 'Recovered Territories'.

External links

★ Polish Government Link, Lands conquered by Mieszko I and Boleslaw I

★ Official website of Lubusz Voivodeship

★ Pictures of Lubusz