Talk:Lubiąż

Leubus
The village was mentioned as Leubus in the early 1100s already. Why remove this? The new name Lubiąż was not formally given until 1946 and based on the Polish Republic's Army Slavic name-giving. It is not POV to use the historical name if speaking on history itself.Smith2006 (talk) 14:25, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Then you will have to provide a reliable source that the village was indeed called "Leubus" at that time, or evidence that English language sources predominately refer to the village under that name. Otherwise, it's just OR on your part. And watch your POV. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 14:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I refer your to common sources. It was founded as ''abbatia Lubusensis' and not as "Lubians" or something similar to the current Polish name. The name it currently has was invented in 1946 by the Polish regime. Not original.Smith2006 (talk) 09:25, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Well of course medieval documents recorded the name of the village in Latin - this was true throughout Europe, since Latin was the language of the written word. But that doesn't mean we have to refer to London as "Londinium". And you realize that "Abbatia Lubensis abbey" means "The Abbey of Lubiaz abbey"? (yes I know there's an article under that title but no need to promulgate mistakes throughout Wikipedia) It's like "My Dog Spot the dog" or something. Anyway, the town predates its first recorded mention and, like most of the region up to the Elbe, was populated by Slavs. If you want to use the German name for 16th century or the 18th century or something, that's fine. But leave this nonsense that the name Lubiaz was invented in 1945 out of it.Volunteer Marek (talk) 10:05, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

In any case the name wasn't "invented" in 1945. "Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V"(page 387) from 1884 definitely gives the name Lubiąż for the place.--MyMoloboaccount (talk) 11:37, 19 August 2011 (UTC)