Things to do in Lubusz

Majaland Kownaty

gmina Torzym

Majaland Kownaty is a family theme park in Kownaty inspired by the world of Maya the Bee. It combines indoor attractions with a seasonal outdoor zone, making it suitable for a planned day with children as well as for less predictable weath…

Bismarck tower in Żary

gmina Żary

Bismarck tower in Żary in gmina Żary is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combine it with other nearby places. Check current opening hours and access details b…

Babina Former Mine Geo-Trail in Łęknica

Łęknica

Free entry

The Babina Former Mine Geo-Trail runs through a disused lignite and ceramic-clay mine between Nowe Czaple and Łęknica. It is one of the most distinctive routes in the Muskau Bend Geopark: former workings filled with water, while different…

Lake Łubówko

gmina Dobiegniew

Lake Łubówko lies a few kilometres north of Drezdenko in a deep glacial basin. Its turquoise-green water, steep shores and mature forest create one of the most distinctive natural landscapes in the Lubusz region. It is a place for walking…

Colourful Lakes of the Muskau Arch

Łęknica

**The Colourful Lakes of the Muskau Arch** are best explored as the Former Babina Mine geotrail near Łęknica and Nowe Czaple. These are not natural lakes but water-filled pits left by former brown-coal mining. Their colours range from rust…

Co-Cathedral of St Hedwig in Zielona Góra

gmina Żary

**The Co-Cathedral of St Hedwig of Silesia** at 14 Mickiewicza Street is the oldest surviving monument in Zielona Góra. Founded by the dukes of Głogów in the 13th century, the church combines a Gothic hall with later alterations and furnis…

Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Zielona Góra

gmina Żary

**The Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Zielona Góra** is a former Lutheran house of prayer built in 1746–1748 and now an active Catholic church. Its timber-and-masonry construction, cross-shaped plan and history linked with the rebuild…

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Żary (the Fara)

gmina Żary

Fara Żarska, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is one of the most important historic landmarks in Żary. The church stands at pl. Kard. Stefana Wyszyńskiego 4 in the historic centre, a few minutes’ walk from the market square. Its hi…

St John the Baptist Church in Międzyrzecz

gmina Torzym

**St John the Baptist Church in Międzyrzecz** is the town’s oldest surviving church and a distinctive example of Late Gothic architecture in Greater Poland. The brick parish church stands on Spokojna Street, close to the historic centre an…

Church of the Holy Cross in Żagań

gmina Żary

On the edge of the Princely Park in Żagań, by a bend of the Bóbr river, stands the neo-Gothic Church of the Holy Cross — once the mausoleum of the Dukes of Żagań. The story reaches back to the 13th century, when a chapel of St. Lawrence st…

Telemann Bench in Żary

gmina Żary

On the market square of Żary, by the fountain and the town hall, sits a Baroque composer with a violin in hand. The bench of **Georg Philipp Telemann** was erected here in **2010**, the year of the celebrations of Żary's **750th anniversar…

Lubusz Land Museum in Zielona Góra

gmina Żary

The Lubusz Land Museum is the principal museum of Zielona Góra and one of the older cultural institutions in the region, operating since **1922**. It occupies a former county office building raised in **1889** on Niepodległości Avenue, rig…

Botanical Garden and Fairy-Tale Farm in Zielona Góra

gmina Żary

On Botaniczna Street 50A in Zielona Góra runs a botanical garden whose history goes back to a pre-war garden, restored in **2007** and run by the University of Zielona Góra. Across more than **2 hectares** grow plants labelled with their n…

Ducal Palace in Żagań

gmina Żary

By the Bobr river, in the extensive Zagan park, rises one of the most magnificent surviving Baroque buildings in Poland. The Ducal Palace on Szprotawska street stands on the site of a medieval Piast castle, and its construction is tied to…

Mierzęcin Palace

gmina Dobiegniew

Amid a park of more than **15 hectares**, not far from Dobiegniew and the Drawa National Park, stands the Neo-Gothic residence of the von Waldow family, which after decades as a state farm and six years of devastation became one of the bet…

Augustinian Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Żagań

gmina Żary

The Gothic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary at Klasztorny Square 2 in Żagań is the heart of the former Augustinian complex: next to it stand the monastery of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, the monastic granary and the ko…

Market Square in Żary

gmina Żary

The market square in Żary, the largest town of the Polish Lusatia, took shape already in the Middle Ages. Its heart is the town hall, whose brick core reaches back to the 14th century and kept growing until the 19th century. It is a square…

Market Square in Zielona Góra

gmina Żary

The market square in Zielona Góra retains the medieval layout of the old town, set out as a 60 × 160 m rectangle from which six streets once radiated. Trade gave the square's sections their names: meat, flour, flax and grain. Today it is t…

Lusatian Open-Air Museum in Buczyny

Łęknica

In Buczyny, a small village of the Trzebiel commune on the old salt route between Żary and Łęknica, operates a centre preserving the memory of the Lusatians, a Slavic people inhabiting Upper and Lower Lusatia. The Lusatian Open-Air Museum…

Kostrzyn Fortress

gmina Słońsk

Kostrzyn Fortress stands in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, almost on the Polish-German border. Fortification of the site began around the mid-**16th century**, modelled on Italian-style fortresses; over time the stronghold became a masterpiece of the…

Promnitza Observation Tower in Żary

gmina Żary

On Gołębie Wzgórze, in the middle of the Zielony Las forest in Żary, stands the 19th-century Promnitza tower of stone and brick, also called the red, brick or hunting tower. Its name commemorates the Promnitz family, former lords of Żary,…