Wierzbięcin, Lubusz Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Wierzbięcin (disambiguation).
Wierzbięcin
Village
Wierzbięcin
Coordinates: 51°32′50″N 14°50′30″E / 51.54722°N 14.84167°E / 51.54722; 14.84167
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lubusz
County Żary
Gmina Trzebiel

Wierzbięcin [vjɛʐˈbjɛnt͡ɕin] (formerly German Kochsdorf) 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 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Trzebiel, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Żary, and 64 km (40 mi) south-west of Zielona Góra.

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

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Coordinates: 51°32′50″N 14°50′30″E / 51.54722°N 14.84167°E / 51.54722; 14.84167


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