Chwalimierz h is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Środa Śląska

Gmina Sroda Slaska

Gmina Środa Śląska is an urban-rural gmina in Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, within Środa Śląska County

Sroda Slaska County

Środa Śląska County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-east of Środa Śląska

Sroda Slaska

Środa Śląska is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Środa Śląska. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...

, and 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

About 1885 the merchant Georg von Kramsta had a Neo-Renaissance palace built here, that was destroyed in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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