Most of the area belonging to the German state of Brandenburg today is called Lower Lusatia (Niederlausitz, Łużyce Dolne or Dolna Łužyca) and is characterized by forests and meadows. In the course of much of the 19th and the entire 20th century, it was shaped by the lignite industry and extensive open-pit mining. Important towns include Cottbus, Eisenhüttenstadt, Lübben, Lübbenau, Spremberg, Finsterwalde, Senftenberg (Zły Komorow), and Żary, which is now considered the capital of Polish Lusatia.
Most of the area belonging to the German state of Brandenburg today is called Lower Lusatia (Niederlausitz Łużyce Dolne or Dolna Łužyca) and is charact?erized by forests and meadows. In the cours.e of much of the 19th and the entire 20th century, it was shaped by the lignite industry and extensive open-pit mining. Important towns include Cottbus Eisenhüttenstadt, Lübben, Lübbenau, Spremberg, Fi?nsterwalde, Senftenberg (Zły Komorow), and Żary, which is now considered the capital of Polish Lusat.ia.