Lubliniec

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Lubliniec

Main square

Coat of arms

Motto: Lubliniec miasto zielonych klimatów
Lubliniec town of green climate

Lubliniec

Coordinates: 50°41′N 18°41′E / 50.683, 18.683

Country

Poland

Lubliniec (urban gmina)

Established

1270

Town rights

1272

Government

- Mayor

Edward Maniura

Area

- Total

89.8 km² (34.7 sq mi)

Elevation

260 m (853 ft)

Population (2006)

- Total

24,229

- Density

269.8/km² (698.8/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

42-700 to 42-715

Area code(s)

+48 34

Car plates

SLU

Website: http://www.lubliniec.pl

Lubliniec [luˈbliɲet͡s] (German Lublinitz, Loben) is a town in south Poland with 29,359 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Lubliniec County.

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999); previously it was in Częstochowa Voivodship (1975-1998). Lubliniec is an important rail hub, with two major lines crossing there - east-west (from Czestochowa to Opole) and south-north (from Katowice to Poznan).

By the turn of the 13th to the 14th century Lubliniec had obtained the status of a town. Until 1532 it was part of the Duchy of Opole, originally as a fief of the Bohemian Crown (since 1327) and later as fief of Habsburg (since 1526). It became part of Austria in 1532 and passed to Prussia in 1742. After World War I, Upper Silesia was divided in 1921, and the eastern part, including Lubliniec, was incorporated into Poland. Occupied by Germany again during World War II, it returned to Poland in 1945.

Lubliniec is the birthplace of the mathematician Richard Courant.

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Coordinates: 50°41′N, 18°41′E

v • d • e Gminas of Lubliniec County

Seat: Lubliniec (urban gmina) Urban-rural gmina: Gmina Woźniki Rural gminas: Gmina Boronów • Gmina Ciasna • Gmina Herby • Gmina Kochanowice • Gmina Koszęcin • Gmina Pawonków