Cybinka

Cybinka
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Cybinka
Coordinates: 52°12′N 14°48′E / 52.2°N 14.8°E / 52.2; 14.8
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Słubice
Gmina	Cybinka
Area
- Total	5.32 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	2,700
- Density	507.5/km2 (1,314.5/sq mi)
Postal code	69-108
Website	http://www.cybinka.pl

Cybinka [t​͡sɨˈbiŋka] (German: Ziebingen) is a town in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,700 inhabitants (2008). It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Cybinka.

Maria Częstochowa Church

The settlement in the Lubusz Land was first mentioned about 1400, then a part of Brandenburg. From 1582 on Ziebingen was a possession of the Protestant Order of Saint John at Łagów, from 1815 it was part of the Prussian province of Brandenburg and held by the Finck von Finckenstein noble family.

Ziebingen and the Finckenstein castle were devastated in the course of the Vistula–Oder Offensive of the Red Army in February 1945. With the Neumark it fell to Poland after the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line.

Notable people

The poet Ludwig Tieck between 1801 and 1819 stayed several times at Cybinka castle.

Coordinates: 52°12′N 14°47′E / 52.2°N 14.783°E / 52.2; 14.783