Szczodre
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  Szczodre  Szczodre | |
| Coordinates:51°11′43″N17°11′2″E/ 51.19528°N 17.18389°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Lower Silesian |
| County | Wrocław County |
| Gmina | Długołęka |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DWR |
Szczodre[ˈʂt͡ʂɔdrɛ](1945-1948: Sybilin,German:Sibyllenort) is a village in the administrative district ofGmina Długołęka,withinWrocław County,Lower Silesian Voivodeship,in south-western Poland.[1]
Geography[edit]
The settlement is located within theSilesian Lowlands,approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north ofDługołęka,and 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of the regional capitalWrocław.
History[edit]
In the 10th centuryMieszko I of Polandof thePiast dynastyincluded these areas into newly formed Poland.[2]Following Poland's fragmentation, it was located in theDuchy of Silesia.The village in the Duchy of Silesia was first mentioned asPaliciin a 1245 deed.[citation needed]From 1315 it was the seat of the Rastelwitz noble family, and in 1327 it passed to theCrown of Bohemia (Czechia).It was completely destroyed in 1643 during theThirty Years' War.In the 18th century it was annexed byPrussia,and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part ofGermany.
ThePrittwitzfamily had the locality ofNeudorfrebuilt, which in 1685 was acquired byChristian Ulrich I of Württemberg,then Duke ofBernstadt (Bierutów).He had aBaroquepalace built, namedSibyllenortafter his second wife Sibylle Maria, daughter of DukeChristian I of Saxe-Merseburg.Held by theDukes of Brunswick-Lüneburgfrom 1792, the castle was rebuilt several times, the last of which was in 1852 in aTudorstyle at the behest of DukeWilliam of Brunswick.The palace was often visited by KingsAugustus II the StrongandAugustus III of Poland.[2]
Upon William's death at Sybillenort in 1884, the possessions fell to the royalSaxonHouse ofWettin.
TheArchduchess Louise of Austria,consort of the last King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, recounts the following about Sibyllenort Castle in her memoirs:
"In the summer of 1902 we were in the country, but our usually pleasant holiday was clouded by the serious condition of King Albert, who was on the point of death. The King and Queen were staying at the Castle of Sibyllenort near Breslau (Wrocław) in Silesia, a beautiful residence given by the last Duke of Brunswick to the then King of Saxony. The castle contains four hundred rooms, and it was the scene of many scandalous orgies in the later forties. The Duke, who was a great admirer of the fair sex, had a private theatre there, and the ballet was composed of numerous pretty girls, whom he kept in harem-like seclusion. I remember seeing some rather startling pictures when I visited the castle as a girl of sixteen, but these were very properly banished by Queen Carola's orders, and Sibyllenort became a highly decorous royal residence."[3]
Two kings of Saxony died here:Albertin 1902 andFrederick Augustus III,in 1932.
The palace in Sibyllenort was taken over bySStroops duringWorld War II,who burned the palace in January 1945,[2]leaving it in a partially destroyed state. The neighboring city ofWrocław(Breslau) was the locale of a battle a month later called theSiege of Breslau.German soldiers deliberately destroyed the palace at Sibyllenort to not leave them for the Polish people.[2]
In 1945, following Germany's defeat in the war, the village became again part of Poland per thePotsdam Agreement,although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until theFall of Communismin the 1980s. The palatial building was almost completely dismantled in 1957. Today there is only a ruin left in the size of a smallvilla.The preserved part of the palace was occupied by the communist security forces of theSoviet Unionand thePeople's Republic of Poland.[2]
After the war, the village was repopulated withPolesdisplaced from the areas ofLwówandNowogródekinformer Eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union,small farmers from southern Poland, and Polish soldiers returning fromWestern Europe.[2]
Education[edit]
There is a primary school in Szczodre.
References[edit]
- ^"Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)"(in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^abcdef"Historia dawna".Szczodre.pl(in Polish).
- ^Luise von Österreich-Toskana:My Own Story,Nash, London 1911
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