Trzebiel ( dsb, Trjebule or ''Trjebul'', german: Triebel) is a village in

Żary County __NOTOC__ Żary County ( pl, powiat żarski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the Germany, German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polis ...

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, in western Poland, close to the

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border. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called

Gmina Trzebiel __NOTOC__ Gmina Trzebiel is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Trzebiel, which lies approximately west of Żary and south-west of Zielon ...

. It lies approximately west of

Żary Żary (pronounced , german: Sorau, dsb, Žarow) is a town in western Poland with 37,502 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999. Previously it was located within Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the admin ...

and south-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 ...

, close to the A18 autostrada and the European route E36 from

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to Bolesławiec. The village has an approximate population of 1,400. The settlement was first mentioned in a 1301 deed, then part of the March of Lusatia and the settlement area of the

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. Located within the

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Lower Lusatia Lower Lusatia (; ; ; szl, Dolnŏ Łużyca; ; ) is a historical region in Central Europe, stretching from the southeast of the German state of Brandenburg to the southwest of Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Like adjacent Upper Lusatia in the ...

, the border with

Upper Lusatia Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to th ...

—the

state country State country (german: Freie Standesherrschaft; cs, stavovské panství; pl, państwo stanowe) was a unit of administrative and territorial division in the Bohemian crown lands of Silesia and Upper Lusatia, existing from 15th to 18th centuries ...

of Muskau—ran just a few miles south of the village. It was part of the

Duchy of Jawor Duchy of Jawor ( pl, Księstwo Jaworskie, german: Herzogtum Jauer) was one of the Duchies of Silesia established in 1274 as a subdivision of the Duchy of Legnica. It was ruled by the Silesian Piasts, with its capital at Jawor in Lower Silesia. ...

, the southwesternmost duchy of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland, until 1337 and afterwards it was ruled by Czech kings, Hungarian kings, Saxon electors, Polish kings, Prussian kings and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany, before being reintegrated with Poland after

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's defeat in

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. Until 1998 it belonged to former

Zielona Góra Voivodeship Zielona may refer to the following places: *Zielona, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Zielona, Gmina Gródek in Podlaskie Voivodeship (northeast Poland) *Zielona, Gmina Supraśl in Podlaskie Voivodeship (northeast Poland) *Zielona, Bochnia County i ...

. There is a Catholic church of Our Lady Queen of Poland in the village.

Notable people

* (1483–1564), court doctor of Polish kings

References

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