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.
The Lubuskie region (Ziemia Lubuska) lies in the western part of Poland and borders with Germany.
Lubuskie has often been described as a cultural melting pot because after the German population were expelled from what was largely the Prussian province of Brandenburg in 1945 their place was taken from various parts of Poland, bringing with them traditions from all over Poland and most especially the area which is now Ukraine.
Notable forests in Lubuskie are: Notecka, Barlinecki, Drawsko and the Lower Silesian forest.
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