page_title: Lubniewice
section_title: Modern era
hierarchical_section_title: Lubniewice / History / Modern era
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Lubniewice ok. 1900 Deutsch: Königswalde, Neumark about 1900
context_page_description: Lubniewice is a small town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, with 2,059 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Lubniewice.
context_section_description: From the late 17th century onwards the population increased by the immigration of Polish Brethren and Protestants from Silesia. In 1706 Samuel Crell-Spinowski became minister at the parish church. In the 18th century, clothmaking developed. Poles resisted Germanisation attempts, carried out by the Prussian authorities. After the discovery of the alum deposits in 1751, a mine was established here, which was plundered and destroyed by the Russian army in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Königswalde received town privileges in 1808 and was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Brandenburg in 1815. From 1871 to 1945 the town was part of Germany. Despite Germanisation policies, in the late 19th century Poles still settled in the town. After World War II and the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line, the town became part of the Republic of Poland and the German population was expelled in accordance to the Potsdam Agreement. The historic Polish name Lubniewice was restored.
caption: Lubniewice as Königswalde about 1900
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