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{{Other places|Mostki (disambiguation){{!}}Mostki}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mostki
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Kościół w Mostkach.jpg
| image_caption = Our Lady of Częstochowa church in Mostki
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubusz]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Świebodzin County|Świebodzin]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Lubrza, Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubrza]]
| coordinates = {{coord|52|15|44|N|15|23|51|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 500
| website =
}}
'''Mostki''' {{IPAc-pl|'|m|o|s|t|k|i}} (de: ''Möstchen''<ref name = "meyersgaz">{{cite book | author = Uetrecht, E. (Erich) | title = Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs | url = https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20216064|year=1912|publisher=Bibliographisches Institut|page=236}}</ref>) is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Lubrza, Lubusz Voivodeship|Gmina Lubrza]], within [[Świebodzin County]], [[Lubusz Voivodeship]], in western Poland.{{TERYT}} It is located in the [[Neumark]], near Lake {{ill|Niesłysz|pl}}. It lies approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Lubrza, Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubrza]], {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Świebodzin]], {{convert|37|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Zielona Góra]], and {{convert|54|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]].

== History ==

In the 14th century, the village was under the control of the [[Loeben Family|Löben]]. From 1650 to 1693 Möstchen was under the control the [[Pfuel]] Family.<ref name = "Ledebur1856">{{cite book | author = Leopold von Ledebur | title = Adelslexikon der preussischen Monarchie | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=taVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA196|year=1856|publisher=Rauh|page=196|language=de}}</ref> Around the middle of the 19th century, the District Administrator v. Brescius, b. Paech, was owner of the Möstchen manor. In the village were three [[watermill]]s.<ref name = "RS">W. Riehl and J. Scheu (eds.) ''Berlin und die Mark Brandenburg mit dem Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz in ihrer Geschichte und in ihrem gegenwärtigen Bestande'' [''Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg with the Margraviate of Nieder-Lausitz in their history and in their current existence''] Berlin 1861, [https://books.google.de/books?id=yatYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA519|p. 519.]
</ref><ref name = "TS">'' Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Frankfurt a. d. Or. Compiled from official sources ''. Frankfurt a. d. O. 1844, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CYFhAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA245 S. 245.]</ref> The lordship exercised patronage over the Protestant village church.<ref name = "RS" />

In 1838, [[Old Lutherans]] migrated to [[South Australia]] on the [[Zebra (ship)|Zebra]]. Among the emigrants were members of the Bartel, [[T. W. Boehm|Boehm]], Janetzi and Schubert families.

Until 1945 the village was part of the [[Züllichau-Schwiebus district]].

Towards the end of the [[Second World War]] the region with the village was occupied by the [[Red Army]]. After the end of the war, Möstchen was placed under [[People's Republic of Poland|Polish]] administration.

The village has a population of 500.

== Notable people ==

[[T. W. Boehm|Boehm, Traugott Wilhelm (1836–1917)]] was a schoolmaster, founder of the German School in [[Hahndorf, South Australia]], which became '''Hahndorf Academy''' then '''Hahndorf College'''.

==References==
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{{Gmina Lubrza, Lubusz Voivodeship}}

[[Category:Villages in Świebodzin County]]

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Mostki, Lubusz Voivodeship - Revision history

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