Zwierzyn (formerly German ''Neu Mecklenburg'') is a
village in
Strzelce-Drezdenko County
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Strzelce-Drezdenko County ( pl, powiat strzelecko-drezdenecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...
,
Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the head of the
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 ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Zwierzyn
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Gmina Zwierzyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Zwierzyn, which lies approximately south-east of Strzelce Krajeńskie and north- ...
.
It lies approximately south-east of
Strzelce Krajeńskie and north-east 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 ...
.
According to
Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa (governmental institution responsible for the objects considered most important to the nation's cultural heritage) there is one monument in Zwierzyn,
John the Baptist Roman-Catholic Church, which was built in 1767.
In 2015 a new
railway station was erected in Zwierzyn.
The village has a population of 1,300.
References
Villages in Strzelce-Drezdenko County
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