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Lubiąż
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Lubiąż (, ) is a village (former town) on the east bank of the Odra (Oder) River, in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Key facts

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Lubiąż
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Village
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POL Lubiąż COA.svg
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2011 04300669-674 HDRNr - Lubiąż - klasztor cystersów widok ogólny.jpg
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Cistercian Abbey in Lubiąż
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Poland
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bottom
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Country
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Voivodeship
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Lower Silesian
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County
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Wołów
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Gmina
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Wołów
Settlement.population_as_of
2006
Settlement.population_total
2300
Settlement.timezone
CET

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Lubiąż (, ) is a village (former town) on the east bank of the Odra (Oder) River, in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

The village is mainly known for its large abbey. The Abbey was built by the Benedictines in 1150, and occupied by Cistercians in 1163 until 1810. Built over centuries, the abbey – the largest Cistercian abbey in the world – is rated in the highest class ("0") of landmarks of world's cultural heritage. Lubiąż is also known in Poland for its regional psychiatric hospital.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lubiąż” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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