Sękowice (Gubin)

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Sękowice
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Sękowice (Poland)
Sękowice
Sękowice
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lebus
Powiat : Krosno Odrzańskie
Gmina : Gubin
Geographic location : 51 ° 55 '  N , 14 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '34 "  N , 14 ° 42' 30"  E
Residents : 130 (2015)
Postal code : 66-620
Telephone code : (+48) 68
License plate : FKR
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Berlin-Schönefeld (D)



Village street
Village church

Sękowice (German Schenkendorf , Lower Sorbian Šenkojce ) is a place in Gmina Gubin in Lower Lusatia in Poland . Until the 19th century it was the center of the Schenkendorf rule .

history

The place was first mentioned in the 14th century. His name was probably derived from the Landsberg taverns . He was the center of the small rule Schenkendorf . From 1512 it belonged to the Sonnenburg Castle , the seat of the master masters of the Order of St. John .

After the order was dissolved in 1811, Schenkendorf came under royal Saxon rule and in 1815 became part of the Kingdom of Prussia . It was in the Guben district .

In 1945 the place became Polish. Until 2007 there was a border crossing to Guben in its vicinity .

Cultural monuments

  • Village church, 17th century, octagonal half-timbered building
  • Ruins of the castle, former seat of the Lords of Schenkendorf

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