Lubzina | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Subcarpathian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ropczyce-Sędziszów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Ropczyce |
Coordinates: | 50.05°N 52°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 1800 |
Registration Plate: | RRS |
Lubzina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ropczyce, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south-west of Ropczyce and 350NaN0 west of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]
The local Catholic parish was founded in 1222 by Janusz Ligęza from the Ligęza noble family.[2] In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 287.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the local forest was the site of a massacre of 104 Poles, including resistance members, committed by the occupiers on June 27, 1940, as part of the AB-Aktion.[3]
The Polish National road 94 runs through the village, and the A4 motorway (part of the European route E40) runs nearby, north of the village.
The local football club is Strażak Lubzina.[4] It competes in the lower leagues.