Chróstnik

Chróstnik
—  Village  —
Chróstnik
Coordinates: 51°21′N 16°10′E / 51.35°N 16.167°E / 51.35; 16.167Coordinates: 51°21′N 16°10′E / 51.35°N 16.167°E / 51.35; 16.167
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Lubin
Gmina	Gmina Lubin

Chróstnik [ˈxrustnik] (German: Brauchitschdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubin, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] Prior to 1945 it belonged to Germany. It is approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Lubin, and 66 kilometres (41 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Ruins of Chróstnik Palace

The village is originally mentioned as Old Polish Chrustenik (meaning shrubbery or brushwood) with the parish church under the patronage of a Boleslaw von Brauchitsch in 1222. Members of the Brauchitsch noble family were landowners here up to 1633. The Baroque Brauchitschdorf Palace was erected from 1723 to 1728 and enlarged in 1909. After World War II the Red Army plundered the building.

Notable people

• House of Brauchitsch
• Benjamin Schmolck, hymn composer, born December 21, 1672, died February 12, 1737 in Świdnica (Schweidnitz)

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa.