GUBEN  , a

town of Germany, in the kingdom of Prussia, at the confluence of the Lubis with the Neisse, 28 m . S.S.E. of Frankfort-on-Oder, at the junction of railways to Breslau, Halle and Forst . Pop . (1875) 23,704; (1905) 36,666 . It possesses three Evangelical churches, a Roman Catholic church, a synagogue, a gymnasium, a modern school, a museum and a theatre . The principalindustries are the spinning and weaving of wool, dyeing, tanning, and the manufacture of pottery ware, hats, cloth, paper and machinery . The vine is cultivated in the neighbourhood to some extent, and there is also some trade in fruit and vegetables . Guben is of Wendish origin . It is mentioned in 1207 and received civic rights in 1235 . It was surrounded by walls in 1311, about which time it came into the possession of the margrave of Brandenburg, from whom it passed to Bohemia in 1368 . It was twice devastated by the Hussites, and in 1631 and 1642 it was occupied by the Swedes . By the peace of Prague in 1635 it came into the possession of the elector of Saxony, and in 1815 it was, with the rest of Lower Lusatia, united to Prussia .