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![[Zary town flag]](../images/p/pl-lb-zy.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 24 Feb 2003
Two flags and a CoA on this webpage.
Żary is the seat of Żary county in Lubuskie vojvodship, Poland. I couldn't
find a date
for the adoption of flags and CoA. German name: Sorau in der Niederlausitz.
About 40 km wouthwest of Zielona Gora, with c. 40.000 inhabitans. Formerly
in Brandenburg, Germany; assigned to Poland by Potsdam Conference in 1945.
The beginnings of settlement in Żary date back to prehistoric times.
The word "Zara" (which probably referred to a small independent Slavonic
tribe) appeared for the first time in Thietmar's Chronicle from 1007. At
that time, during the reign of Boleslaus the Brave, the Land of Żary and
Lusatia were attached to Poland.
The town was located according to the Magdeburg Law about the year
1260. Żary had three centres: a market settlement situated near the "salt
route" leading from Leipzig to Wroc³aw, a stronghold (later on a castle)
erected among swamps and a Franciscan settlement dating back to 1274.
As a consequence of turbulent history of the Silesian and Lusatian
borderland, Żary frequently changed its rulers. The town was under the
control of Silesian Piasts (until 1364), Czech kings (until 1635), Saxon
electors (until 1815) and Prussian rulers. A famous citizen was Georg Philip
Telemann - after Johann Sebastian Bach, the second most eminen