Trzebiel | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Gmina office | |
  Trzebiel | |
| Coordinates:51°38′9″N14°48′59″E / 51.63583°N 14.81639°E /51.63583; 14.81639 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lubusz |
| County | Żary |
| Gmina | Trzebiel |
| First mentioned | 1301 |
| Population (approx.) | |
• Total | 1,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | FZA |
| Highways |  |
| National road |  |
| Voivodeship road |  |
Trzebiel ([ˈtʂɛbjɛl]) (Lower Sorbian:Trjebule) is a village inŻary County,Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to theGerman border.[1] It is the seat of thegmina (administrative district) calledGmina Trzebiel.
The settlement was first mentioned in a 1301 deed, then part of theMarch of Lusatia and the settlement area of theSorbs. Located within thehistorical region ofLower Lusatia, the border withUpper Lusatia—thestate country ofMuskau—ran just a few miles south of the village. It was part of theDuchy of Jawor, the southwesternmost duchy of fragmentedPiast-ruled Poland, until 1346 and afterwards it was ruled by Czech kings, Hungarian kings, Saxon electors and Polish kings. In theLate Middle Ages, it was located at the intersection of important east-west and north-south trade routes.[2] A route connectingWarsaw andPoznań withDresden ran through the settlement in the 18th century and KingAugustus III of Poland often traveled that route.[3] In 1815, it was annexed byPrussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany, before being reintegrated with Poland afterNazi Germany's defeat inWorld War II.
Until 1998 it belonged to formerZielona Góra Voivodeship.
There is a Catholic church of Our Lady Queen of Poland in the village.
