Lubin (; german: Lüben, szl, Lubin) is a city in
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of
Lubin County, and also of the rural district called
Gmina Lubin
Gmina Lubin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubin, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , ...
, although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
. As of 2021, the city had a total population of 70,815.
Geography
Lubin is situated on the
Zimnica river in the
Lower Silesian historical region, about northwest of
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
and north of
Legnica
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...
.
The city is one of the major industrial locations in Lower Silesia, with the headquarters of the third-largest Polish corporation, the
KGHM Polska Miedź mining company.
History
The area of Lubin lies midway between the main settlements of two West Slavic
Ślężanie
The Silesians ( pl, Ślężanie) were a tribe of West Slavs, specifically of the Lechitic/Polish group, inhabiting territories of Lower Silesia, near Ślęża mountain and Ślęza river, on both banks of the Oder, up to the area of modern city ...
tribes, the Dziadoszanie and the Trzebowianie, whose lands were both subdued by King
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I (; – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, the Duchy of Poland. His reign stretched from 960 to his death and he was a member of the Piast dynasty, a son of Siemomysł and ...
about 990. It is unclear which of the two tribes, if either, founded the town. One legend states that the town derives its name from ''Luba'', a young man credited with slaying a giant bear that had been terrifying the inhabitants. A
papal bull dated to circa 1155 mentions Lubin as one of 13 Silesian
castellanies
A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant of ...
.
According to legend the Polish
voivode
Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...
Piotr Włostowic
Herb ŁabędźPiotr Włostowic ( 1080 – 1153), also known as Peter Wlast or ''Włost'') was a Polish noble, castellan of Wrocław, and a ruler (''możnowładca'') of part of Silesia. From 1117 he was voivode (''palatyn'') of the Duke of Poland B ...
of
Dunin The Polish surname Dunin originated in the 12th century with Piotr Włost Dunin. He was Palatine of Poland and the castellan of Wroclaw (Silesia), as well as, Brother in law of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth (Boleslaw Krzywousty). The coat of arms ...
(1080–1153) had a
fieldstone church
A fieldstone church (german: Feldsteinkirche) is a type of church, built using fieldstone of glacial erratics and glacial rubble. Such cathedrals and monasteries occur mostly in areas where the ice ages have deposited such rock material on the on ...
built on the hill in the west of Lubin, where about 1230 a
castellany and a village arose that until today is called the ''Old City'' ( pl, Stary Lubin). The settlement in the
Duchy of Głogów
The Duchy of Głogów ( pl, Księstwo głogowskie, cs, Hlohovské knížectví) or Duchy of Glogau (german: Herzogtum Glogau) was one of the Duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts. Its capital was Głogów in Lower Silesia.
History
In ...
was first mentioned under the
Old Polish
The Old Polish language ( pl, język staropolski, staropolszczyzna) was a period in the history of the Polish language between the 10th and the 16th centuries. It was followed by the Middle Polish language.
The sources for the study of the Old ...
name of ''Lubin'' in a 1267 deed by
Pope Clement IV
Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros ( French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le P ...
as a fiefdom of
Trzebnica Abbey
Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica, also known as Trzebnica Abbey, Was a convent for Cistercian nuns in Trzebnica, north of Wrocław, in Silesia, Poland, founded in 1203. It was abandoned for a few decades in the 19th century, and then was taken ...
.
The New City of what is today Lubin was probably founded in the 1280s under the rule of Duke
Przemko of Ścinawa
Przemko of Ścinawa ( pl, Przemko ścinawski) (1255/65 – 26 February 1289) was Duke of Żagań from 1278 to 1284 and Duke of Ścinawa from 1284 until his death.
He was the third and youngest son of Konrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau, Konrad I, Duk ...
by
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
settlers, maybe descending from
Lower Lorraine or
Franconia
Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch'').
The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper Fr ...
, in the course of the ''
Ostsiedlung
(, literally "East-settling") is the term for the Early Medieval and High Medieval migration-period when ethnic Germans moved into the territories in the eastern part of Francia, East Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire (that Germans had al ...
''. It obtained its
city rights
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...
about 1295. In 1329 Duke
John of Ścinawa paid homage to King
John of Bohemia
John the Blind or John of Luxembourg ( lb, Jang de Blannen; german: link=no, Johann der Blinde; cz, Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of ...
, who upon the death of John's brother Duke
Przemko II of Głogów Przemko II of Głogów ( – 11 January 1331) was a Duke of Żagań, Ścinawa, etc., from 1309 to 1321 (with his brothers as co-rulers), Duke of Oleśnica, Namysłów, Gniezno and Kalisz from 1309 to 1312 (with his brothers as co-ruler) and Duke of ...
in 1331 invaded the lands, which were incorporated into the
Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...
and shared the political fortunes of the
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
n crown land.
From 1348 Lubin Castle served as the residence of the
Piast duke
Louis I the Fair and his descendants. In the quarrel with his elder brother Duke
Wenceslaus I of Legnica a 1359 judgement by Emperor
Charles IV allotted Lubin along with
Krzeczyn Wielki
Krzeczyn Wielki (; german: Groß Krichen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubin, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The appendix ''Wielki'' (Great) serves to distinguish the place from ne ...
,
Krzeczyn Mały
Krzeczyn Mały (german: Klein Krichen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubin, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
Prior to 1945 it belonged to Germany. The former German Junker (landed ...
,
Osiek and
Pieszków to Louis. About 1353 he had a manuscript on the life of Saint
Hedwig of Andechs
Hedwig of Silesia ( pl, Święta Jadwiga Śląska), also Hedwig of Andechs (german: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, la, Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and o ...
drawn up, later called ''Schlackenwerth'' (
Ostrov) Codex, which today is kept at the
J. Paul Getty Museum. The
Castle Chapel in Lubin
The Castle Chapel in Lubin is located on Mikołaj Pruzio Street on the Castle Hill in Lubin, Poland. The chapel is the only element left from the medieval castle buildings (it originally stood next to the entrance gate in the castle courtyard). ...
dates to the 14th century.
In the late 15th century the Lubin parish church was rebuilt in its present-day
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
style, its high altar was moved to
Wrocław Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, ( pl, Archikatedra św. Jana Chrzciciela, german: Breslauer Dom, Kathedrale St. Johannes des Täufers), is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław and a landmark of the city of W ...
in 1951. Under the rule of Duke
George I of Brieg
George I, Duke of Brieg (Brzeg) ( pl, Jerzy I brzeski; 1481 or 1483 – 30 May 1521), was a Duke of Legnica during 1488-1505 (with his brother as co-ruler) and of Brzeg (Brieg) since 1505 until his death.
He was the third and youngest son of F ...
(died 1521) and his widow
Anna of Pomerania
Anna of Pomerania (also known as ''Anne de Croy et Aerschot'', ''Anna von Croy und Aerschot, Anna von Pommern'') (3 October 1590, Barth - 7 July 1660, Stolp) was Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré, and allodial heiress of the extinct ducal hous ...
, the reformer
Caspar Schwenckfeld
Caspar (or Kaspar) Schwen(c)kfeld von Ossig () (1489 or 1490 – 10 December 1561) was a German theologian, writer, physician, naturalist, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters of ...
, born in nearby Osiek, made the town a centre of the
Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
in Lower Silesia. With Bohemian Silesia, Lubin in 1526 fell under suzerainty of the
Habsburg monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
. It was devastated several times during the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
. Lubin remained part of the
Piast-ruled
Duchy of Legnica
The Duchy of Legnica ( pl, Księstwo Legnickie, cs, Lehnické knížectví) or Duchy of Liegnitz (german: Herzogtum Liegnitz) was one of the Duchies of Silesia. Its capital was Legnica (''Liegnitz'') in Lower Silesia.
Legnica Castle had become ...
until 1675, when it was incorporated to the Habsburg-ruled Bohemia.
Conquered in the
Silesian Wars by King
Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...
in the mid-18th century, the town became a part of
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
and later, in 1871, Germany. In 1871, after creation of the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
, it was connected by rail to
Legnica
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...
(Liegnitz) and
Głogów (Glogau). In reports on their parishes at the end of the 18th century, local pastors wrote about native Poles, who spoke a local dialect of the Polish language. The native Polish population was subjected to planned
Germanisation
Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, German people, people and German culture, culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationa ...
, which lasted until the 1930s. A labour camp of the
Reich Labour Service
The Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ...
was operated in the town under
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
about 70% of the town's buildings were destroyed. In 1945 between the days of 8–10 February
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
soldiers mass-murdered 150 German pensioners in an old-people's home and 500 psychiatric hospital patients in Lubin. The city eventually became again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed
communist regime, which stayed in power until the 1980s. The remaining German population of the city was
either expelled in accordance with the
Potsdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement (german: Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement between three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union on 1 August 1945. A product of the Potsdam Conference, it concerned th ...
, or prohibited from returning home by the communist authorities.
In 1957
Jan Wyżykowski
Jan Wyżykowski (born 31 March 1917 in Haczow, died 29 October 1974 in Warsaw) was a Polish geologist, educated as a Mining engineering, mining engineer, a specialist in the geology of copper ore deposits.
Biography
After finishing elementary ...
discovered and in 1959 documented in Lubin the largest copper ore deposits in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Soon copper mines were built and the
KGHM company was established.
From 1975 to 1998 it belonged to the former
Legnica Voivodeship. In 1982 the city saw significant demonstrations against the
martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory.
Use
Marti ...
declared by the Communist regime, which were put down by its death squads, resulting in the murder of three people.
Education
* Uczelnia Zawodowa Zagłębia Miedziowego
* I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Lubinie
* II Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Lubinie
* Technikum nr 1 im. Bolesława Krupińskiego w Lubinie
Sports
*
Zagłębie Lubin
Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa.
History
The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by local members of the ''Yo ...
– men's
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
team playing in the
Ekstraklasa (top division) as of season 2022–23, Polish Champions in seasons
1990-91 and
2006-07.
*
Zagłębie Lubin
Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa.
History
The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by local members of the ''Yo ...
– men's
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
team playing in the
Polish Superliga
The Polish Superliga, also known as the PGNiG Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland. The current champion is Vive Kielce, the most titled Polish handball club, maintaining its position at the top of the tab ...
(top division) as of season 2022–23, Polish Champions in season 2006-07.
*
Zagłębie Lubin
Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa.
History
The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by local members of the ''Yo ...
– women's
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
team playing in the
Women's Superliga (top division) as of season 2022–23, Polish Champions in seasons 2010-11, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
*
Cuprum Lubin
Cuprum Lubin SA – is a Polish professional men's volleyball club based in Lubin, founded in 2001. The club was promoted to the highest level of the Polish Volleyball League – PlusLiga
The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball i ...
– men's
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
team playing in the
PlusLiga
The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...
(top division) as of season 2022–23.
Transport
Major roads running through Lubin:
*
Expressway S3 (highway), part of the
European route E65
European route E65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chania, Greece. The road is about in length.
Route
*
**: Malmö ( ) – Ystad
*Gap (Baltic Sea)
** Ystad - Świnoujście
*
**: Świno ...
–
Lubawka
Lubawka (german: Liebau) is a town in Poland, in Lower Silesia Voivodship, in Kamienna Góra County. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Lubawka. It lies in the Sudetes near to the border with the Czech Republic on the way across the Luba ...
-
Legnica
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...
-Lubin-
Zielona Góra
Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021). Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being close to the Polish-German border and on several international road ...
-
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...
-
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
-
Świnoujście
Świnoujście (; german: Swinemünde ; nds, Swienemünn; all three meaning "Świna ivermouth"; csb, Swina) is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. Situated mainly on the islands o ...
*
National road 36 –
Rawicz-Lubin-
Prochowice
Prochowice (german: Parchwitz) is a town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Prochowice.
It lies approximately north-east of Legnica, and w ...
Lubin has an international
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
with a 1000m concrete/asphalt runway.
Public transport:
* Lubin currently has free
public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...
within the city, with the main busses running approximately every 20 minutes.
* Lubin also has the PKS station which offers affordable coach type buses. These buses run between several other cities such as
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
,
Legnica
Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...
.
Currently the city has a newly built train station which offers connection to many locations across the country.
Notable people
*
William I of Württemberg (1781–1864), the second
King of Württemberg from 1816 until his death, was born in Lüben, where his father
Frederick I served as a commander in the
Prussian Army
The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, german: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.
The Prussian Army had its roots in the co ...
*
Dieter Collin (1893–1918), World War I flying ace
*Gerd von Tresckow (1899–1944),
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...
officer, resistance fighter
20 July plot
On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...
, elder brother of
Henning von Tresckow
*
Rudolf von Gersdorff (1905–1980), Wehrmacht officer, one of the few German military anti-Hitler plotters to survive the war
*
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann (born 11 June 1934) is the co-founder and director of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Bread & Puppet Theater. Born in Silesia, he was a sculpture, sculptor and dancer in Germany before moving to the United States in 1961. In 1963 he f ...
(born 1934), founder of the
Bread and Puppet Theater
The Bread and Puppet Theater (often known simply as Bread & Puppet) is a politically radical puppet theater, active since the 1960s, based in Glover, Vermont . The theater was co-founded by Elka and Peter Schumann. Peter is the artistic directo ...
*
Tadeusz Maćkała
Tadeusz Maćkała (born 2 November 1962 in Lubin) is a Polish senator, representing Civic Platform. He is a graduate of Wrocław University. Between 1990 and 1994 he was the deputy mayor of the city of Lubin and afterwards, until 1998, mayor. Whil ...
(born 1962), politician
*
Kasia Wilk
Katarzyna Wilk (born 3 January 1982 in Lubin, Poland) is a Polish contemporary rhythm and blues singer, more commonly known as Kasia Wilk.
In 2008, she began her solo career with the hit single "Pierwszy raz" which reached position 51 on the Poli ...
(born 1982), musician
*
Mariusz Jurkiewicz
Mariusz Jurkiewicz (born 3 February 1982) is a former Polish handball player who last played for PGE Vive Kielce.
He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's handball tournament.
State awards
* 2015 Silver Cro ...
(born 1982), handball player
*
Natalia Czerwonka
Natalia Barbara Czerwonka (born 20 October 1988) is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Olympic Games
At the 2010 Wint ...
(born 1988), speed skater
*
Arkadiusz Woźniak
Arkadiusz Woźniak (born 1 June 1990, in Lubin) is a Polish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Zagłębie Lubin.
References
External links
*
1990 births
Living pe ...
(born 1990), football player
*
Adrian Błąd
Adrian Błąd (born 16 April 1991 in Lubin) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for GKS Katowice.
Career
Club
He made his debut for Zagłębie in a 1-0 defeat to Ruch Chorzów on 21 August 2009.
In July 2011, he was loa ...
(born 1991), football player
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Filip Jagiełło
Filip Jagiełło (born 8 August 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Genoa.
Career
Born in Lubin, Poland, Jagiełło started his career in his local club Zagłębie Lubin. When he was a teenager, ...
(born 1997), football player
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Joseph Lubin (born 1964), entrepreneur
Twin towns – sister cities
Lubin is
twinned with:
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Rhein-Lahn (district), Germany
Gallery
References
External links
Official Lubin websiteZaglebie Lubin football club
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Cities and towns in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lubin County
Cities in Silesia
12th-century establishments in Poland
Populated places established in the 12th century