Grocholub Explained

Grocholub
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Opole
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Krapkowice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Walce
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1228
Coordinates:50.3925°N 18.0197°W
Pushpin Map:Poland#Poland Opole Voivodeship
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:OKR

Grocholub is a village, in the administrative district of Gmina Walce, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.

Location

It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-east of Walce, 100NaN0 south-east of Krapkowice, and 320NaN0 south of the regional capital Opole.

History

The village was first mentioned in a document of Duke Casimir I of Opole from 1228, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. Later on, it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, it was renamed to Erbersdorf to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E156 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[2] After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Working Parties. Lamsdorf.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html. 7 November 2021. 29 October 2020.