Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra [ʑeˈlɔna ˈɡura] (German: Grünberg in Schlesien) is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 138,512 inhabitants (2015).

Zielona Góra has been in Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999, prior to which it was the capital of Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1950 to 1998. It is the seat of Lubusz Voivodeship's elected assembly (sejmik) and executive (the seat of the centrally appointed governor or voivode being Gorzów Wielkopolski). The city's name, in Polish, and German, means "green mountain".

History

The first settlement in the area of Zielona Góra was built in the valley near the Złota Łącza stream during the reign of Polish ruler Mieszko I. The oldest settlement was agricultural and later developed into a trading point along routes from Poznań to Żagań and further to Łużyce. The written records of the Slavic settlement date to 1222 and an increase of its population by Henryk Brodaty. Other documents date the settlement to 1302.

The region received influx of German burghers in the second half of the 13th century during the medieval Ostsiedlung. The settlement became a city with Crossener Recht, a variation of Magdeburg rights, in 1323. The earliest mention of the town's coat of arms is from 1421, although it is believed to have been arranged since the beginning of the 14th century. A document in the town archive of Thorn (Toruń) dating from before 1400 used a sigil with the name GRVNINBERG, an early form of the German name Grünberg.

Zielona Góra (parliamentary constituency)

Zielona Góra is a Polish parliamentary constituency that is coterminous with the Lubusz Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.

The district has the number '8' and is named after the city of Zielona Góra. It includes the counties of Gorzów, Krosno Odrzańskie, Międzyrzecz, Nowa Sól, Słubice, Strzelce-Drezdenko, Sulęcin, Świebodzin, Wschowa, Żagań, Żary, and Zielona Góra and the city counties of Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra.

List of members

Senate

Sejm

Footnotes

Zielona Góra (disambiguation)

Zielona Góra may refer to the following places:

See also

Zielona Góra, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zielona Góra [ʑeˈlɔna ˈɡura] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubichowo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Lubichowo, 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański, and 56 km (35 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 214.

References

Coordinates: 53°52′34″N 18°27′49″E / 53.87611°N 18.46361°E / 53.87611; 18.46361

Zielona Góra, Łódź Voivodeship

Zielona Góra [ʑeˈlɔna ˈɡura] (1943–1945 German Grünberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koluszki, within Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Koluszki and 19 km (12 mi) south-east of the regional capital Łódź.

References

Coordinates: 51°42′00″N 19°42′00″E / 51.7000°N 19.7000°E / 51.7000; 19.7000

Zielona Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Zielona Góra [ʑeˈlɔna ˈɡura] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyrzysk, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Wyrzysk, 36 km (22 mi) east of Piła, and 86 km (53 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

References

Coordinates: 53°8′8″N 17°16′14″E / 53.13556°N 17.27056°E / 53.13556; 17.27056

Góra

Góra [ˈɡura] (German: Guhrau) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat both of Góra County and of the smaller district (gmina) called Gmina Góra.

Geography

The town is located within the historic Lower Silesia region, approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2006, it has a population of 12,574.

History

The settlement in the Duchy of Silesia was first mentioned as Gora in an 1155 deed by Pope Adrian IV conveying the property to the Diocese of Wrocław. The name of the town means "hill" or "mountain" in Old Polish. In 1288 it became part of the Duchy of Głogów under the Piast duke Henry III and received Magdeburg rights. The German name Guhrau is first documented in 1336. From the 14th century onwards, the town developed to a centre of cloth manufacturing.

Guhrau was annexed by Prussia upon the First Silesian War in 1742 and from 1816 was the administrative seat of Landkreis Guhrau within the Province of Silesia. In World War II it was occupied by the Red Army during the 1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive. According to the Potsdam Agreement, the town fell to the Republic of Poland, while the remaining German population was expelled. Again a county seat from 1946, from 1975 to 1998 Góra belonged to Leszno Voivodeship.