Krobielowice

Krobielowice [krɔbjɛlɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Krieblowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was part of Germany. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Kąty Wrocławskie and 21 km (13 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Krobielowice
Village
Krobielowice Palace
Krobielowice
Coordinates: 51°00′33″N 16°47′55″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyWrocław County
GminaKąty Wrocławskie

The town was founded in 1321. As Krieblowitz in the Prussian Province of Silesia, it was one of the residences of renowned Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, co-victor with Wellington over Napoleon at Waterloo, who died here in 1819. It was incorporated into the new German Empire in 1871. From 1937–45 under the Nazis Krieblowitz was renamed Blüchersruh ("Blücher's resting place"), partly to honour the Field Marshal, and partly because the authorities thought the original name sounded "too Slavic".

Blücher's mausoleum was vandalized by Soviet troops near the end of World War II in 1945. The area was transferred to Poland later that same year. Blucher's empty tomb remains.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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