- Chobienia, Lubin County
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Chobienia — Village — 
ChobieniaCoordinates: 51°33′N 16°27′E / 51.55°N 16.45°ECoordinates: 51°33′N 16°27′E / 51.55°N 16.45°E Country 
PolandVoivodeship Lower Silesian County Lubin Gmina Rudna Population 650 For other places with the same name, see Chobienia.Chobienia [xɔˈbjɛɲa] (German: Köben) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudna, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.
It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Lubin, and 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village has a population of 650.
Chobienia Castle, 2007
Chobienia is the site of a Renaissance castle, where Frederick II of Prussia stayed after the Battle of Kunersdorf in 1759.
Notable people
Johann Heermann (1585-1647), hymn composer, worked as a pastor at Chobienia from 1611.
Seat 
Other villages Brodów • Brodowice • Bytków • Chełm • Chobienia • Ciechłowice • Gawronki • Gawrony • Górzyn • Gwizdanów • Juszowice • Kębłów • Kliszów • Koźlice • Miłogoszcz • Mleczno • Naroczyce • Nieszczyce • Olszany • Orsk • Radomiłów • Radoszyce • Rudna-Leśna • Rynarcice • Stara Rudna • Studzionki • Toszowice • Wądroże • WysokieCategories:- Villages in Lubin County
- Lubin County geography stubs
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