Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra (Polish: .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Polish: [ʑɛˈlɔna ˈɡura] ⓘ; lit. Green Mountain; German: Grünberg in Schlesien) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021[update]).[1] Zielona Góra is close to the Polish-German border.[2] The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Wine Fest.[3] Zielona Góra is one of the two capital cities of Lubusz Voivodeship, hosting the province's elected assembly, while the seat of the centrally appointed governor is in the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski.[4] In 1222 Duke Henry the Bearded from the Piast dynasty brought the first settlers to the area.[3] In 1323 Zielona Góra was granted town privileges. The town was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1506 and became part of the Habsburg Empire in 1526. It experienced a wave of witch trials in the 17th century. As a result of the First Silesian War, the city became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742. It stayed a German city for the next 200 years as part of the North German Confederation and the German Empire until the end of World War II in 1945.[3] In accordance with the Potsdam Agreement, the city's population was expelled and the city was handed over to Poland and resettled with Poles. Most of the city's new inhabitants came from central Poland and the Eastern Borderlands. In the Silesian language, the city is called Źelůno Gůra (in Steuer's Silesian alphabet) or Grinberg; using the Silesian primer alphabet: Zielōnŏ Gōra or Grinberg; in Silesian German, the city was called Grienberg.