Lubomia Explained

Official Name:Lubomia
Total Type: 
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wodzisław
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lubomia
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1303
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:3701
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:50.0333°N 36°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:44-360
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:SWD
Website:http://www.lubomia.pl/

Lubomia is a village and the seat of Gmina Lubomia, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland near the Czech border. It lies approximately 12km (07miles) west of Wodzisław Śląski and 560NaN0 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.

Twin towns

People

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: GUS - Bank Danych Lokalnych .
  2. Web site: 2018-01-31 . Grodzisko, Lubomia - Zabytek.pl . 2024-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081100/https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/grodzisko-1235 . 2018-01-31 . pl.