Guben has lost more than a third of its population over the past decade.
ECONOMIST: The German-Polish border
But about the same share in Guben worry that it will a have a negative impact.
That may be why Gottfried Hain, long a driver of more co-operation, was not re-elected as Guben's mayor.
Both have lost their economic base: Guben its chemical-fibre plant, Gubin its garrison.
There are plans to reconnect the two city centres by moving Guben's station and developing an island in the Neisse.
The results include a common sewage-treatment plant in Gubin, and a school in Guben where classes are taught in both German and Polish.
Yet if Guben and Gubin do not tackle problems together, they risk becoming economically still more marginal, according to one scenario developed by local leaders.
In Guben, the numbers are only 52% and 44% respectively.
Here Guben has the edge.
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