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Żagań [ˈʐaɡaɲ] (French and German: Sagan, Latin: Saganum) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 23,136 inhabitants (2024), and the capital of Żagań County in the Lubusz Voivodeship, located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.
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Founded in the 12th century by Polish monarch Bolesław IV the Curly, Żagań was the capital of an eponymous principality from 1274 to 1935. The main sights are the former Augustinian Monastery, one of the burial sites of the Piast dynasty, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland, the Ducal Palace and Park ensemble and the POW Camps Museum, located at the site of German-operated WWII prisoner-of-war camps for over 60,000 Allied soldiers of various nationalities, where the Great Escape took place.
The town hosts the Polish 11th Armoured Cavalry Division. An American Armored Brigade Combat Team is constantly rotated through the town under Operation Atlantic Resolve.
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Towns around Żagań
- Żary13 km W
- Nowa Sól35 km NE
- Zielona Góra38 km N
- Bolesławiec43 km SE
- Weißwasser48 km W
- Forst48 km W
- Głogów53 km E
- Polkowice54 km E
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