See also: Górzyca, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Gorzyca, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
| Górzyca | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lubusz |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Słubice |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Górzyca |
| Coordinates: | 52.4947°N 14.655°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Population Total: | 2000 |
Górzyca is a village on the Oder river in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border at Reitwein. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Górzyca.[1] It lies approximately 18km (11miles) north of Słubice and 490NaN0 south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski.
The settlement in Lubusz Land was first mentioned in a 1252 deed and in 1276 became the episcopal see of the Bishops of Lebus, who had fled from the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg, and the site of a sanctuary of Blessed Virgin Mary. Upon the extinction of the Ascanian dynasty, the Wittelsbach margrave Louis I of Brandenburg during his fight against King Władysław I the Elbow-high of Poland in 1325 had the church and town destroyed. The local episcopal see was officially abolished in 1346 and later relocated to the Fürstenwalde Cathedral.
Then part of the Brandenburgian Neumark region, the sanctuary remained a pilgrimage site until the Protestant margrave John of Brandenburg-Küstrin had the relic removed and the chapel was demolished by the citizens of nearby Drossen. Destroyed by a blaze in 1757, Göritz and its church were rebuilt by the Prussian authorities; it received town privileges in 1808.