Chobienia, Lubin County

Chobienia
Village
Chobienia
Coordinates: 51°33′N 16°27′E / 51.550°N 16.450°E / 51.550; 16.450Coordinates: 51°33′N 16°27′E / 51.550°N 16.450°E / 51.550; 16.450
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Lubin
Gmina	Rudna
Population	650

For other places with the same name, see Chobienia.

Chobienia [xɔˈbjɛɲa] (German: Köben) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudna, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Lubin, and 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 650.

Chobienia Castle, 2007

Chobienia is the site of a Renaissance castle, where Frederick II of Prussia stayed after the Battle of Kunersdorf in 1759. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

Notable people

Johann Heermann (1585-1647), hymn composer, worked as a pastor in Köben from 1611.

Gmina Rudna

Seat	Rudna

Other villages	Brodów Brodowice Bytków Chełm Chobienia Ciechłowice Gawronki Gawrony Górzyn Gwizdanów Juszowice Kębłów Kliszów Koźlice Miłogoszcz Mleczno Naroczyce Nieszczyce Olszany Orsk Radomiłów Radoszyce Rudna-Leśna Rynarcice Stara Rudna Studzionki Toszowice Wądroże Wysokie

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