Gębice (Gubin)

Gębice
	Gębice
	Gębice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lebus
Powiat :	Krosno Odrzańskie
Gmina :	Gubin
Geographic location :	51 ° 52 ' N , 14 ° 49' E Coordinates: 51 ° 52 '16 " N , 14 ° 48' 53" E
Residents :	118 (2013)
Postal code :	66-620
Telephone code :	(+48) (+48) 68
License plate :	FKR
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Poznań
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Gębice (German Amtitz , Lower Sorbian Homśica ) is a place in the rural community of Gubin in the Krosno district in the Polish Lubusz voivodeship . In 2013 118 people lived here. It is located about 12 kilometers southeast of Gubin (Guben) and was the seat of the Lower Lusatian rule Amtitz until 1945 .

history

Official office on the Urmes table sheet from 1845

In 1347 the castellan Fritz de Omtitz was mentioned in Schiedlo . The oldest mention of the place is from 1357. In 1616, Georg von Schoenaich bought the Amtitz manor and the associated villages, thereby establishing the ownership of the von Schönaich-Carolath family in the village. Since 1646 Amtitz was represented in the Lord of the Curia niederlausitzischen State Parliament and has held the status of a rule (since the 19th century caste domination ).

In 1846 Amtitz got a train station on the line from Berlin to Breslau. In September 1939, a transit camp ( Dulag B ) for Czech and then also for Polish prisoners of war was set up nearby , including Father Maximilian Kolbe. In December the prisoners were transferred to the Fürstenberg camp on the Oder . In 1940 the director Veit Harlan lived in Amtitz and shot parts of the film Jud Suess here .

In 1945 Amtitz came to Poland. The castle fell into disrepair and was demolished in the 1960s. In 1984 rail traffic was discontinued. In 2016/17 the church was secured and given a roof.

Sights and culture

Church 2014, before repairs

miniatyr

former field stone church from the 15th century, 2016/17 maintenance measures with a new roof
Former castle park, now forest, the castle no longer exists
Memorial for the prisoner-of-war transit camp Dulag B from 1939

Web links

Commons : Gębice - collection of images, videos and audio files

Gębice Amtitz cityscape Germany, 2019, with photos of the church