Lebus
Also known as Lubusz, Lubusza, Lubus
Lebus (; , ) is a historic town in the Märkisch-Oderland District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of Amt ("collective municipality") Lebus. The town, located on the west bank of the Oder river at the border with Poland, was the centre of the historical region known as Lubusz Land, which provides the name for the present-day Polish Lubusz Voivodeship.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Lebus
- German location.image_photo
- Lebus - Unterstadt - panoramio.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Lebus COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Lebus in MOL.png
- German location.state
- Brandenburg
- German location.district
- Märkisch-Oderland
- German location.Amt
- Amt Lebus
- German location.elevation
- 20
- German location.area
- 54.29
- German location.postal_code
- 15326
- German location.area_code
- 033604
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Lebus (; , ) is a historic town in the Märkisch-Oderland District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of Amt ("collective municipality") Lebus. The town, located on the west bank of the Oder river at the border with Poland, was the centre of the historical region known as Lubusz Land, which provides the name for the present-day Polish Lubusz Voivodeship.
==Geography== thumb|left|190px|View across the Oder river Lebus is situated in the southeast of Märkisch-Oderland District, on a ridge at the left bank of the middle Oder river, which since the implementation of the Oder–Neisse line in 1945 marks the eastern German border with Poland. The town centre is located about north of Frankfurt (Oder).
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