Olszyna, Lubusz Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Olszyna (disambiguation).

Olszyna
—  Village  —
Olszyna
Coordinates: 51°39′N 14°46′E / 51.65°N 14.767°E / 51.65; 14.767
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Żary
Gmina	Trzebiel

Olszyna [ɔlˈʂɨna] (formerly German Erlenholz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebiel, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border.^[1] It is the site of a major border crossing on the E36 motorway connecting Berlin, Germany with Wrocław and Kraków in Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Trzebiel, 26 km (16 mi) west of Żary, and 61 km (38 mi) south-west of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 51°39′00″N 14°46′00″E / 51.6500°N 14.7667°E / 51.6500; 14.7667