Niwica, Żary County


Niwica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebiel, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Trzebiel, west of Żary, and south-west of Zielona Góra.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany, and the village was called Zibelle. German scientist Walther Nernst died in Zibelle in 1941.