Dębinka, Lubusz Voivodeship

Dębinka
Village
Dębinka
Coordinates: 51°39′39″N 14°54′54″E / 51.66083°N 14.91500°E / 51.66083; 14.91500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Żary
Gmina	Trzebiel

Dębinka [dɛmˈbinka] (German:Tzschecheln, 1937–1945 Eichenrode) 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 lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Trzebiel, 16 km (10 mi) west of Żary, and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

Notable residents

Horst Stechbarth (born 1925), General

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Trzebiel

Seat	Trzebiel

Other villages	Bogaczów Bronowice Buczyny Bukowina Chudzowice Chwaliszowice Czaple Dębinka Gniewoszyce Jasionów Jędrzychowice Jędrzychowiczki Kałki Kamienica nad Nysą Łużycką Karsówka Królów Łuków Marcinów Mieszków Niwica Nowe Czaple Olszyna Przewoźniki Pustków Rytwiny Siedlec Siemiradz Stare Czaple Strzeszowice Wierzbięcin Włostowice Żarki Małe Żarki Wielkie

Coordinates: 51°39′39″N 14°54′54″E / 51.66083°N 14.91500°E / 51.66083; 14.91500

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