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]

Chróstnik
Village
An 18th-century restored palace in Chróstnik
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Coordinates: 51°21′N 16°10′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian Voivodeship
County	Lubin
Gmina	Gmina Lubin

It is approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Lubin, and 66 kilometres (41 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

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.^{[citation needed]} A fire in September 1976 destroyed the building further. Polish entrepreneur Dariusz Miłek bought the ruins from the Polish state and began restoring the palace.

Notable people

• House of Brauchitsch
• Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737), composer

References

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