Editing Lubin (section)

===Piast dynasty rule===
[[File:Lubin Piastowska ruiny.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of the Piast Castle]]
The area of Lubin lies midway between the main settlements of two West Slavic [[Ślężanie]] tribes, the Dziadoszanie and the Trzebowianie, whose lands were both subdued by [[Mieszko I of Poland]] about 990. It is unclear which of the two tribes, if either, founded the town. One legend states that the town derives its name from ''Luba'', a young man credited with slaying a giant bear that had been terrifying the inhabitants. A [[papal bull]] dated to circa 1155 mentions Lubin as one of 13 Silesian [[castellany|castellanies]].

According to legend the Polish [[voivode]] [[Piotr Włostowic]] of [[Dunin]] (1080–1153) had a [[fieldstone church]] built on the hill in the west of Lubin, where about 1230 a [[castellany]] and a village arose that until today is called the ''Old City'' ({{langx|pl|Stary Lubin}}). The settlement in the [[Duchy of Głogów]] was first mentioned under the [[Old Polish]] name of ''Lubin'' in a 1267 deed by [[Pope Clement IV]] as a fiefdom of [[Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica|Trzebnica Abbey]].

The New City of what is today Lubin was probably founded in the 1280s under the rule of Duke [[Przemko of Ścinawa]] by [[Germans|German]] settlers, maybe descending from [[Lower Lorraine]] or [[Franconia]], in the course of the ''[[Ostsiedlung]]''. It obtained its [[Magdeburg rights|city rights]] about 1295. In 1329 Duke [[John, Duke of Ścinawa|John of Ścinawa]] paid homage to King [[John of Bohemia]], who upon the death of John's brother Duke [[Przemko II of Głogów]] in 1331 invaded the lands, which were incorporated into the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]] and shared the political fortunes of the [[Silesia]]n crown land.
[[File:SM Lubin kapica św Jadwigi (4) ID 595703.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[Castle Chapel in Lubin|Castle Chapel]]]]
From 1348 Lubin Castle served as the residence of the [[Silesian Piasts|Piast]] duke [[Ludwik I the Fair|Louis I the Fair]] and his descendants. In the quarrel with his elder brother Duke [[Wenceslaus I of Legnica]] a 1359 judgement by Emperor [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] allotted Lubin along with [[Krzeczyn Wielki]], [[Krzeczyn Mały]], [[Osiek, Lubin County|Osiek]] and [[Pieszków, Lubin County|Pieszków]] to Louis. About 1353 he had a manuscript on the life of Saint [[Hedwig of Andechs]] drawn up, later called ''Schlackenwerth'' ([[Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District)|Ostrov]]) Codex, which today is kept at the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]].  The [[Castle Chapel in Lubin]] dates to the 14th century.

In the late 15th century the Lubin parish church was rebuilt in its present-day [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style, its high altar was moved to [[Wrocław Cathedral]] in 1951. Under the rule of Duke [[George I of Brieg]] (died 1521) and his widow [[Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Lubin|Anna of Pomerania]], the reformer [[Caspar Schwenckfeld]], born in nearby Osiek, made the town a centre of the [[Protestant Reformation]] in Lower Silesia. With Lower Silesia, Lubin in 1526 fell under suzerainty of the [[Habsburg monarchy]]. It was devastated several times during the [[Thirty Years' War]]. Lubin remained part of the [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled [[Duchy of Legnica]] until 1675, when it was incorporated to the Habsburg-ruled Bohemia.