Chobienia, Lubin County

For other places with the same name, see Chobienia.

Chobienia
Village
Chobienia Castle, 2014
Chobienia
Coordinates: 51°33′N 16°27′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Lubin
Gmina	Rudna
Population	650

Chobienia [xɔˈbjɛɲa] is a village (former town) in the administrative district of Gmina Rudna, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Lubin, and 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Chobienia is the site of a Renaissance castle, where Frederick II of Prussia stayed after the Battle of Kunersdorf in 1759.

Notable people

Johann Heermann (1585–1647), hymn composer, worked as a pastor in Köben from 1611.