Słubice

Słubice
Bird's eye view of the town
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Słubice
Coordinates: 52°21′N 14°34′E / 52.350°N 14.567°E / 52.350; 14.567Coordinates: 52°21′N 14°34′E / 52.350°N 14.567°E / 52.350; 14.567
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Słubice County
Gmina	Gmina Słubice
Established	12th century
Town rights	1945 (1253 und Frankfurt Oder)
Government
• Mayor	Tomasz Ciszewicz
Area
• Total	19.2 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	18,148
• Density	893/km2 (2,310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	69-100 to 69-102
Area code(s)	+48 95
Car plates	FSL
Website	http://www.slubice.pl

Słubice [swuˈbʲit͡sɛ] (German Dammvorstadt) is a border town in the Lubusz Voivodeship of western Poland. Located on the Oder river, directly opposite the city of Frankfurt (Oder) in Germany, of which it was a part until 1945 (as Dammvorstadt). At the 2011 census, the town had a total population of 18,000 (urban agglomeration Słubice-Frankfurt 85,000). Previously located in the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship (1975–1998), the town is currently the capital of Słubice County and the administrative seat of the Gmina Słubice.

The name is a modern Polish restored version of Zliwitz, a West Slavic settlement east of the Brandendamm causeway across the Oder, mentioned in Frankfurt's city charter of 1253. The Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg had purchased the surrounding Lubusz Land from the Silesian Duke Bolesław II the Bald in 1248.

Słubice is closely linked to its German sister city Frankfurt (Oder), of which it was a part until 1945. The two cities share many urban amenities and collaborate on various projects, such as a wastewater treatment plant in Słubice that serves both towns, as well as the Collegium Polonicum extension of some of the Viadrina European University's departments on the Polish side of the border. Furthermore, Słubice is part of a special Słubice-Kostrzyn Economic Zone.