Lower Lusatia

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Lower Lusatia Niederlausitz, Dolna Łužyca, Delnja Łužica, Łużyce Dolne, Dolní Lužice
Historical region
From top, left to right: Old Market Square in Cottbus Market Square in Luckau Holy Heart of Jesus Church in Żary Street view in Lübben
Flag Coat of arms
Lower Lusatia within the Holy Roman Empire (1618)
Countries	Germany  Poland
Largest city	Cottbus (Chóśebuz)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Highways

Lower Lusatia (German: Niederlausitz; Lower Sorbian: Dolna Łužyca [ˈdɔlna ˈwuʒɨtsa]; Upper Sorbian: Delnja Łužica [ˈdɛlnʲa ˈwuʒitsa]; Polish: Łużyce Dolne; Czech: Dolní Lužice) is a historical region in Central Europe, stretching from the southeast of the German state of Brandenburg to the southwest of Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Like adjacent Upper Lusatia in the south, Lower Lusatia is a settlement area of the West Slavic Sorbs whose endangered Lower Sorbian language is related to Upper Sorbian and Polish.