Przewóz, Żary County
Przewóz | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Medieval Immaculate Conception church | |
| Coordinates: 51°28′40″N 14°57′0″E / 51.47778°N 14.95000°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lubusz |
| County | Żary |
| Gmina | Przewóz |
| Population | |
• Total | 850 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | FZA |
| National road | |
| Voivodeship road | |
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Przewóz ([ˈpʂɛvus], German: Priebus) is a village in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is located in the historic Lower Silesia region on the eastern shore of the Lusatian Neisse river, on the border with Germany. Przewóz is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Przewóz. It lies approximately 22 km (14 mi) south-west of Żary and 64 km (40 mi) south-west of Zielona Góra. It is the site of a border crossing on the road between Żary and the German town of Görlitz. About 3.5 km (2.2 mi) to the south is the Upper Lusatian village of Klein Priebus (Little Przewóz).