Lubomia

Village in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50°02′N 18°18′E / 50.033°N 18.300°E / 50.033; 18.300Country PolandVoivodeshipSilesianCountyWodzisławGminaLubomiaFirst mentioned1303Population
 (2021)[1]
3,701Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
44-360
Car platesSWDWebsitehttp://www.lubomia.pl/

Lubomia [luˈbɔmja] is a village and the seat of Gmina Lubomia, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland near the Czech border. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Wodzisław Śląski and 56 km (35 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

Within its borders, it contains the Wielikąt Nature Reserve, an Important Bird Area, as well as part of the Natura 2000 Network.

History

The earliest signs of settlement in the area come from the neolithic period. Between the 7th and 9th Centuries, there appeared to exist a village, a gord and other traces of the Golensizi tribe. The tribe abandoned the gord around 874-855.[2]

Lubomia was first mentioned in 1303, was owned by the Reiswitz Noble Family from 1572 onwards, then got sold to Prince Karl Franz Leopold Bernhard Lichnowsky in 1730.

Hill fort, inhabited by Golęszycy tribe between 7th-9th centuries

Twin towns

People

References

  1. ^ https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/metadane/cechy/4182
  2. ^ "Grodzisko, Lubomia - Zabytek.pl". web.archive.org (in Polish). 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
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