The Lubusz Voivodship (in Polishwojewództwo 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 Góra and Gorzów Wielkopolski voivodships as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lubus Land (also Lebus Land or Lubusz Land), a medieval Polish province. However, its borders include also parts of Silesia and Greater Poland.
This is a swampy area of unspoilt nature, lakes and woodlands. Around Zielona Góra 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 Góra, Slubice, Kostrzyn and Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Lubus Land, (Polish: Ziemia Lubuska German: Land Lebus, Czech: Lubušsko) on the Oder river.
Historical Polish Bishopric of Lebus, east of Brandenburg, west of Greater Poland, south of Pomerania and north of Silesia.
Presently the Lubus Land is split by the Oder, eastern part lies within the Polish Lubusz Voivodship, the other part called Lebus land including its historical capital Lubusz (German: Lebus) lies in Brandenburg, Germany, west of the Oder river.
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