Lebus
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Lebus is a historic town in the Märkisch-Oderland District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of Amt Lebus. The town, located on the west bank of the Oder river at the border with
Lebus Unterstadt panoramio
View across the Oder river
St. Mary's Church
Palace in Wulkow in 1904
Diocese of Lebus
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The Diocese of Lebus is a former diocese of the Catholic Church. It was erected in 1125 and suppressed in 1598. The Bishop of Lebus was also, ex officio, the ruler of a lordship that was coextensive w
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…the other hand, in 13th-century chronicles, Lebus was named "the key to the Kingdom of Poland" and as a Polish stronghold against German invasion. The Diocese of Lebus was founded in 1124-25 AD, during the reign of the Polish duke Bolesław III Wrymouth to counter and convert the resistant tribes of the Liutizi federation…
St. Mary's Cathedral, Fürstenwalde, the last cathedral of the diocese
Tombstone of Bishop Wenceslaus II of Legnica in Nysa
Supplementary agreement on the emolument of the diocese between Bishop Piotr of Opole and King Casimir III of Poland
Castle in Beeskow, place of death of the last Catholic bishop in 1555