Łagów, Świebodzin County

Łagów
Village
March of Brandenburg Gate and Tower
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Perła Ziemi Lubuskiej Pearl of Lubusz Land
Łagów
Coordinates: 52°20′N 15°18′E / 52.333°N 15.300°E / 52.333; 15.300
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Świebodzin
Gmina	Łagów
Established	13th century
City rights	1727-1932
Population  (2006)	1,600
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	66-220
Area code(s)	+48 68
Car plates	FSW
Website	www.lagow.pl

Łagów [ˈwaɡuf] (German: Lagow) is a village in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łagów.^[1] It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Świebodzin, 45 km (28 mi) south of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and 46 km (29 mi) north of Zielona Góra. The village has a population of approximately 1,600.

The oldest part of the village is situated on an isthmus between two lakes of the  : (186 ha) and  [pl] (82 ha). There is a Knights Hospitaller castle in Łagów, the Castle of the Order of St. John. The village gives its name to a protected area called Łagów Landscape Park.

Notable people[]

• Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate

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Coordinates: 52°19′57″N 15°17′37″E / 52.33250°N 15.29361°E / 52.33250; 15.29361

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