Łagów, Świebodzin County
{{Other uses|Łagów (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Łagów
| settlement_type = Village
| motto = Perła Ziemi Lubuskiej
Pearl of Lubusz Land
| image_skyline = Łagów Lubuski aerial 2023 II.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Aerial view of Łagów
| image_flag = POL gmina Łagów flag (do 2019 r.).svg
| image_shield =
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Lubusz
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Świebodzin
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Łagów
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 13th century
| established_title3 = City rights
| established_date3 = 1727-1932
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 1600
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| coordinates = {{coord|52|20|N|15|18|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| elevation_ft =
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 66-220
| area_code = +48 68
| blank_name = Car plates
| blank_info = FSW
| blank1_name =
| blank1_info =
| website = [http://www.lagow.pl/ www.lagow.pl]
}}
Łagów {{IPAc-pl|'|ł|a|g|u|f}} is a village in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łagów.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of Świebodzin, {{convert|45|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Zielona Góra. It is located in the historic Lubusz Land.
The oldest part of the village is situated on an isthmus between two lakes of the Łagowskie Lake District: Trześniowskie (186 ha) and {{ill|Lake Łagowski|lt=Łagowski|pl|Jezioro Łagowskie}} (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
References
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Category:Populated lakeshore places in Poland
Category:Villages in Świebodzin County
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