Lubin
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Lubin
Coordinates: 51°24′N 16°12′E / 51.4, 16.2
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Powiat	Lubin County
Gmina	Lubin
Estabilished	12th century
City Rights	1295
Government
- Mayor	Robert Raczyński
Area
- Town	40.68 km²  (15.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Town	76,595
- Metro	403,397
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	59-300
Area code(s)	+48 76
Car Plates	DLU
Website: www.um.lubin.pl

Lubin (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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 144 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Lubin, ratusz File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... A Voivodship (also voivodeship, Romanian: Voievodat, Polish: Województwo, Serbian: Vojvodstvo or Vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode). ... Lower Silesian Voivodeship. ... The following is a list of powiats in Poland. ... Lubin County (in Polish powiat lubiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1st January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. ... The municipality or commune (Polish: gmina, plural: gminy) is the principal unit (lowest level) of territorial division in Poland. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Events Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ... // Introduction to this topic - includes background information for people living outside Poland Common to many countries - in fact there is a growing tendency to do so since the UK also began regionalising plates in 2002 - Poland has the region of registration of the vehicle encoded in the number plate. ... The Zimnica River is a river in south-western Poland. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Legnica Voivodeship (1975-1998), Lubin is among the most dynamic Polish cities in terms of its economic development. The headquarters of the third largest Polish corporation KGHM Polska Miedz are located in Lubin. Lower Silesian Voivodeship. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Legnica Voivodeship Legnica Voivodeship (Polish: województwo legnickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ...

History

The town was founded by about 1170 by German settlers. In the 12th century it was the seat of a castellan. It obtained its city rights in 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 Legnica and Głogów. 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 pensioners of elder's home and 500 psychiatric hospital patients in Lubin[1]. As a result of the decisions taken at the Potsdam Conference, the city became a part of Poland and the German population was 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 death of 3 people[2][3]. Note: A lubin is also the ghost of a werewolf. December 29: Assassination of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral City of Dublin captured by the Normans According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailed to North America and founded a colony. ... Settlers are people who have travelled of their own choice, from the land of their birth to live in new lands or colonies. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Events Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders. ... Events September 8 - Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia Start of the reign of Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Births Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (died 1406) Deaths January 14 - Odoric, Italian explorer October 27 - Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (born 1273) Categories: 1331... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Silesia (Czech: ; German: ; Latin: ; Polish: ; Silesian: Åšlónsk) is a historical region in central Europe. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Motto Suum cuique Latin: To each his own Prussia at its peak, as leading state of the German Empire Capital Königsberg, later Berlin Government Duke1  - 1525–68 Albert I (first)  - 1688–1701 Frederick III (last) King1  - 1701–13 Frederick I (first)  - 1888–1918 William II (last) Prime Minister1,2... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Legnica ( , formerly Lignica; German: ) is a town in Silesia in southwestern Poland. ... GÅ‚ogów (pronounce: [gÈ—oguv], German: Glogau, Czech: Hlohov, the latter rare) is a town in southwestern Poland. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin meeting at the Potsdam Conference on July 18, 1945. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Broadcast of Wojciech Jaruzelski declaring martial law (December 13, 1981) The period of martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983 when the government of the Peoples Republic of Poland drastically restricted normal life. ...

Education

• Uczelnia Zawodowa Zagłębia Miedziowego

Sports

• Zagłębie Lubin - football team (2nd league 2003/2004, promoted to 1st league in 2004/2005)
• MKS Zagłębie Lubin - women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: 4th place in 2003/2004 season.

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Transport

Roads: nr 3 (International E65) - Jakuszyce-Legnica-Lubin-Zielona Góra-Gorzów Wielkopolski-Szczecin-Świnoujście

nr 36 - Rawicz-Lubin-Prochowice(-Wrocław)

In Lubin exist an international airport with 1000m concrete/asphalt runway.

External links

• Official Internet Service of Lubin
• Unoffical Internet Service of Lubin
• Photo Gallery - Lubin and Zaglebie

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