Sądów is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of Gmina Cybinka, within Słubice County,

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Po ...

, in western Poland, close to the

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border. It lies approximately north-east of

Cybinka Cybinka (german: Ziebingen) is a town in western Poland, in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Cybinka. Geography Cybinka is located near the Oder river and the border with Germany, about southeast o ...

, south-east of Słubice, north-west of

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 ...

, and south-west of

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 ...

. It is located within the historic Lubusz Land.

History

There are several archaeological sites from the

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and

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in the village. The area formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. The territory was administratively located within the Lubusz

castellan 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 o ...

y and the Catholic Diocese of Lubusz, both established in the early 12th century by Polish ruler Bolesław III Wrymouth. The current settlement was formed in the early 13th century. It was first mentioned in documents in 1249, and in 1375 it was mentioned as a town, however, it was deprived of

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after 1600. After Polish rule, it was ruled by the

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and Bohemia (Czechia). Despite the annexation of the territory by Brandenburg, the village was still inhabited by

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

in the 17th century, and there were church services in the

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. From the 18th century, it was part of

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, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of

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. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in

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, in 1945, along with the right-bank Lubusz Land (portion situated east of the

Oder River The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...

) the village became part of Poland again.

References

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