Żagań

Also known as Żagań (city), Żagań city, Sagan (city)

Żagań (French and , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 23,136 inhabitants (2024), and the capital of Żagań County in the Lubusz Voivodeship, located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.

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Żagań is a town in western Poland situated on the Bóbr river in the Lubusz Voivodeship, serving as the capital of Żagań County with a population of 23,136 people as of 2024. The town is located in the historic region of Lower Silesia and holds administrative importance for its surrounding county.

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Settlement.name: Żagań
Settlement.image_skyline: Palace in Zagan (3).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Current Town Hall
Settlement.image_flag: POL Żagań flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Żagań COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Żagań
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Żagań (urban gmina)
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Sławomir Kowal
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 12th century
Settlement.established_title2: First mentioned

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Żagań
Population: 24424
Area: 39.92
Elevation: 100
Official website: www.um.zagan.pl
Image: Żagań, ulica Warszawska.jpg
Licence plate code: FZG

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Commons category: Żagań
Commons gallery: Żagań
postal code: 68-100 a 68-103
P6482: Żagań
P8168: coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast
male population: 11718
female population: 12706

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18 sections

Contents

Etymology
Geography
History
Polish Piast dynasty
Saxon, Habsburg and Prussian rule
Second World War
Prisoner of war camps and ''The Great Escape''
Modern Poland
Sights and monuments
Sports
Transport
Roads running through Żagań
Important roads running near Żagań
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable facts
References
External links

Founded in the 12th century by Polish monarch Bolesław IV the Curly, Żagań was the capital of an eponymous principality from 1274 to 1935. The main sights are the former Augustinian Monastery, one of the burial sites of the Piast dynasty, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland, the Ducal Palace and Park ensemble and the POW Camps Museum, located at the site of German-operated WWII prisoner-of-war camps for over 60,000 Allied soldiers of various nationalities, where the Great Escape took place.