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
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Lubliniec County
Gmina	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 luˈblʲiɲet​͡s (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 Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975-1998). Lubliniec is an important rail hub, with two major lines crossing there - east-west (from Częstochowa to Opole) and south-north (from Katowice to Poznań).

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.

Fames

• Zygmunt Anczok
• Richard Courant
• Andrzej Grzesik
• Hans Lammers
• Roman Polko
• Eva Reichmann
• Anna Świątczak
• Max Kolonko

External links

• Official town webpage
• Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl

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

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