Guben on the Neisse: Divided Town at the Polish Border in Brandenburg
Guben lies on the Lausitzer Neisse in the Landkreis Spree-Neisse of Brandenburg, with about 21,610 inhabitants. The river marks the German-Polish border here, and the eastern half of the pre-war town became the Polish city of Gubin after 1945. A pedestrian bridge connects the two sides today. Guben was historically a centre of hat and textile manufacturing, and the Hutmuseum documents the town's hat-making past.
Cottbus is roughly 35 kilometres to the northwest. Frankfurt an der Oder lies to the north. The landscape is flat Lusatian lowland, with pine forests and sandy soils. The Neisse valley provides a narrow green corridor between the two towns. Post-reunification population decline has been significant, and the town has demolished vacant housing blocks as part of the Stadtumbau Ost programme.
The Plastinarium, a facility where anatomist Gunther von Hagens produced his Body Worlds exhibits, operated in Guben from 2006 to 2021.
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Guben lies on the Lausitzer Neisse in the Landkreis Spree-Neisse of Brandenburg, with about 21,610 inhabitants. The river marks the German-Polish border here, and the eastern half of the pre-war town became the Polish city of Gubin after 1945. A pedestrian bridge connects the two sides today. Guben was historically a centre of hat and textile manufacturing, and the Hutmuseum documents the town's hat-making past.
Cottbus is roughly 35 kilometres to the northwest. Frankfurt an der Oder lies to the north. The landscape is flat Lusatian lowland, with pine forests and sandy soils. The Neisse valley provides a narrow green corridor between the two towns. Post-reunification population decline has been significant, and the town has demolished vacant housing blocks as part of the Stadtumbau Ost programme.
The Plastinarium, a facility where anatomist Gunther von Hagens produced his Body Worlds exhibits, operated in Guben from 2006 to 2021.
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