one of the most successful Polish speedway clubs. The local football team is Lechia Zielona Góra. Notable people Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561–1613), mathematician, theologian, astronomer Abraham Scultetus (1566–1625), theologian Tadeusz Kuntze (1727–1793), painter Rudolf Haym (1821–1901), philosopher Wilhelm Foerster (1832–1921), astronomer Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865–1910), writer Susanne Dessoir (1869–1953), soprano Franz Mattenklott (1884–1954), general Józef Zych (born 1938), lawyer and politician Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (born 1943) great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Maryla Rodowicz (born 1945), singer Jürgen Colombo (born 1949), bicyclist Janusz C. Szajna (born 1954), entrepreneur and University of Zielona Góra professor Andrew Andrzej Twardon (born 1956), psychologist Maria Gładkowska (born 1957), actress Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), writer (laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature) Tomasz Lis (born 1966), journalist Mariusz Linke (born 1969), mixed martial arts fighter and world-class grappler Grzegorz Halama (born 1970), comedian Agnieszka Haupe-Kalka (born 1970), writer Piotr Protasiewicz (born 1975), speedway rider L.U.C (born 1981), rapper Grzegorz Zengota (born 1988), speedway rider Twin towns – sister cities Zielona Góra is twinned with: L'Aquila, Italy (1996) Bistriţa, Romania (2001) Cottbus, Germany (1990) Helmond, Netherlands (1993) Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (2000) Kraljevo, Serbia (1974) Nitra, Slovakia (1992) Troyes, France (1970) Verden an der Aller, Germany (1993) Batumi, Georgia (2022) Wuxi, China (2009) Zittau, Germany (2010) Friendly cities Soltau, Germany (1997) Gallery Notes References Bibliography External links Grünberg church records of births, marriages and deaths since 1582 Municipal website Zielona Góra University Jewish Community in Zielona Góra on Virtual Shtetl The Death March through Zielona Góra to Volary, at Yad Vashem website Grünberg Notgeld (emergency banknotes) depicting various episodes from the region's history. Cities and towns in Lubusz Voivodeship Cities in Silesia City counties of Poland