Słubice
Słubice | |||
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Collegium Polonicum | |||
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Słubice | |||
Coordinates: 52°21′N 14°34′E / 52.350°N 14.567°ECoordinates: 52°21′N 14°34′E / 52.350°N 14.567°E | |||
Country | Poland | ||
Voivodeship | Lubusz | ||
County | Słubice County | ||
Gmina | Gmina Słubice | ||
Established | 12th century | ||
Town rights | 1945 (1253 und Frankfurt Oder) | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Tomasz Ciszewicz | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 19.2 km2 (7.4 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) | ||
Population (2011) | |||
• Total | 18,148 | ||
• Density | 893/km2 (2,310/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 69-100 to 69-102 | ||
Area code(s) | +48 95 | ||
Car plates | FSL | ||
Website | http://www.slubice.pl |
Słubice [swuˈbʲit͡sɛ] (German Dammvorstadt) is a border town in the Lubusz Voivodeship of western 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). At the 2011 census, the town had a total population of 18,000 (urban agglomeration Słubice-Frankfurt 85,000). Previously located in the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship (1975–1998), the town is currently the capital of Słubice County and the administrative seat of the Gmina Słubice.
Town
The name is a modern Polish restored version of Zliwitz, a West Slavic settlement east of the Brandendamm causeway across the Oder, mentioned in Frankfurt's city charter of 1253.[1] The Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg had purchased the surrounding Lubusz Land from the Silesian Duke Bolesław II the Bald in 1248.
Słubice is closely linked to its German sister city Frankfurt (Oder), of which it was a part until 1945. The two cities share many urban amenities and collaborate on various projects, such as a wastewater treatment plant in Słubice that serves both towns, as well as the Collegium Polonicum 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.
Słubice was the setting for the 2003 film Distant Lights (Lichter) as well as for scenes in the 2002 film Grill Point.
On October 22, 2014, a monument to Wikipedia was unveiled in the town.[2]
Districts
- Golice
- Kunice
- Kunowice
- Lisów
- Nowe Biskupice
- Nowy Lubusz
- Pławidło
- Rybocice
- Słubice
- Stare Biskupice
- Świecko
Gallery
- Pre-Schengen passport stamp
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Słubice is twinned with:
- Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, since 1975
- Heilbronn, Germany, since 1998
- Tijuana, Mexico, since 1998
- Yuma, Arizona, United States, since 2000
- Shostka, Ukraine, since 2008
- Elektrėnai, Lithuania, since 2010
- La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, since 2013
References
- ↑ "Einleitung".
- ↑ "World's first Wikipedia monument unveiled in Poland". Thenews.pl. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Słubice. |
- Official website (Polish)
- slubice24.pl
- Jewish Community in Słubice on Virtual Shtetl
- Tourguides Słubice