Słubice

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Słubice
Ulica Jedności Robotniczej (Street of Worker Unity) is Słubice's main pedestrian street
Ulica Jedności Robotniczej (Street of Worker Unity) is Słubice's main pedestrian street
Flag of Słubice
Flag
Coat of arms of Słubice
Coat of arms
Słubice (Poland)
Słubice
Słubice
Coordinates: 52°21′N 14°34′E / 52.35, 14.567
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lubusz
County Słubice County
Gmina Gmina Słubice
Established 12th century
Town rights 1945
Government
 - Mayor Ryszard Bodziacki
Area
 - Total 19.2 km² (7.4 sq mi)
Elevation 160 m (525 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 17,199
 - Density 895.8/km² (2,320.1/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 69-100 to 69-101
Area code(s) +48 95
Car plates FSL
Website: http://www.slubice.pl
The library and main building of the Collegium Polonicum
The library and main building of the Collegium Polonicum

Słubice [swuˈbit​͡sɛ] (until 1945 German: Frankfurter Dammvorstadt) is a town in the Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland. Located on the Oder river, directly opposite the city of Frankfurt (Oder) in Germany, of which it was a part until 1945 (as Dammvorstadt). As of the 2001 census, the town had a total population of 16,909.

Previously located in the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship (1975-1998), the town is currently the capital of Słubice County. The name Słubice is a modern Polish version of Zliwitz, a settlement east of the Oder River mentioned in Frankfurt's city charter in 1253.[1]

Słubice was the setting for the 2003 film Distant Lights as well as for scenes in the 2002 film Grill Point.

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Given its proximity to Germany, the town is an important transport hub and is closely linked to its German sister city west of the Oder-Neisse line. Słubice shares many of its urban amenities with Frankfurt (Oder) and both towns collaborate on various projects such as the Wastewater Treatment Plant that was created for the needs of both towns in Słubice or the extension of some of the Viadrina European University's departments on the Polish side of the border. Furthermore, Słubice is part of a special Słubice-Kostrzyn Economic Zone.

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Coordinates: 52°21′N, 14°34′E