Luboń is a town in Poland, situated on the Warta River, in the Poznań metropolitan area, in the Poznań County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It has 32,848 inhabitants (2022). The town was created in 1954 by the merger of 3 long established villages; (Old) Luboń, Żabikowo and Lasek.
History
The oldest known mention of Luboń dates back to 1316, while Żabikowo was mentioned in 1283, and Lasek was founded in 1756. All three villages were part of the Greater Poland Province until the 1793 Second Partition of Poland, when they were annexed by Prussia. After the successful Greater Poland uprising of 1806, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it was re-annexed by Prussia.
thumb|left|College of Agriculture in Żabikowo in the 1870s
Since 1856 a railway line connecting Poznań with Wrocław ran through present-day Luboń. The prisoners were mainly members of the Polish resistance movement, with Żabikowo and Lasek included within its town limits. From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in the Poznań Voivodeship. In August 1980, employees of local factories joined the nationwide anti-communist strikes, which led to the foundation of the Solidarity organization, which played a central role in the end of communist rule in Poland.
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File:Lubon gimnazjum.JPG|John Paul II Elementary School No.5
File:Warta w Luboniu.jpg|Warta River in Luboń
File:Siewca Luboń RB5.JPG|Historic Sower Monument (Pomnik Siewcy), created by Marcin Rożek
File:PL Lubon Zabikowo Nigdy wojny 07.JPG|"Never war" monument at the site of the Nazi German prison in Żabikowo
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See also
- Bambrzy
- Poznań County