Cybinka
Cybinka is a town in Słubice County, in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Cybinka.Geography
Cybinka is located near the Oder river and the border with Germany, about southeast of Słubice and about northwest of the regional capital Zielona Góra. It is part of the historic Lubusz Land. As of 2019, the town has 2,749 inhabitants.History
The region of Lubusz Land formed part of Poland since the creation of the state in the 10th century, although the settlement was first mentioned in 1472, when the Lubusz Land had been incorporated into the Neumark region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. In 1582 the margraves enfeoffed Ziebingen to the Protestant Order of Saint John commandry at Łagów. In the 17th century, the area was still inhabited by Poles, and the church services were held in Polish.
The Order held the town until 1804; a local castle served as the seat of a commander. From 1751 it was a possession of the Burgsdorff noble dynasty, who had it rebuilt in a Neo-Classical style. From 1801 it was the home of the Romantic poet Ludwig Tieck, who also stayed here after the castle was acquired by the Finck von Finckenstein family in 1802. Ziebingen became a venue for Romantic authors like Per Atterbom, Achim von Armin, Clemens Brentano or Joseph von Eichendorff, until in 1819 Tieck left for Dresden.
From 1815 Ziebingen was part of the Prussian province of Brandenburg. Ziebingen was devastated in the course of the Vistula–Oder Offensive of the Red Army on 4 February 1945. The Finckenstein castle survived the war, but burnt down completely in 1973. After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II the area became part of Poland as part of the so-called Recovered territories and Cybinka was granted town rights. The town's population was expelled in totality. The 32nd Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army was stationed in the town shortly after the war.See twin towns of Gmina Cybinka.
