Dębowa Łęka Explained

Dębowa Łęka
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lubusz
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wschowa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wschowa
Coordinates:51.8167°N 39°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Dfb
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:FWS
Blank Name Sec2:National road

Dębowa Łęka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) east of Wschowa and 620NaN0 east of Zielona Góra. It is part of the historic region of Greater Poland.

History

thumb|left|Gothic churchDębowa Łęka was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Wschowa County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] It was the seat of the Dębołęcki family of Prawdzic coat of arms.[3] In the 16th century it passed to the Ossowski family.[3]

It was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. Following the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, and after the duchy's dissolution it was re-annexed by Prussia in 1815, officially under the Germanized name Geyersdorf. From 1871 it was also part of Germany. During World War II, it was the first settlement of pre-war Germany to be occupied by enemy forces, in conjunction with the Raid on Fraustadt (Wschowa) on 2 September 1939; Polish forces withdrew a few days later after the situation became untenable. After Germany's defeat in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic[3] name Dębowa Łęka was restored.

Sights

Landmarks of Dębowa Łęka are the Gothic Saint Jadwiga church and the Brodowski Palace.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: . Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany. 2017. pl. Warszawa. Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1a.
  3. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II. 1881. pl. Warszawa. 25.