Chełm (; ) is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Malczyce
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Gmina Malczyce is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Malczyce, which lies approximately to the north-west of Åšroda ÅšlÄ…sk ...
, within
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County
Åšroda is the Polish word for Wednesday. It appears in the names of Polish towns holding Wednesday weekly fairs.
There are two towns in Poland called Åšroda:
* Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska, in south-west Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
* Åšroda Wielkopo ...
,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986.
It is one of the wealthiest ...
, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of
Malczyce
Malczyce is a village in Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, situated on the south-west bank of the river Oder (Odra). It is the seat of Gmina Malczyce. It lies approximately north-west of Åšroda ÅšlÄ ...
, west of
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska
Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska (, ; ) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska. The town lies approximately w ...
, and west of the regional capital
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
.
History
The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Centuries later it passed to
Bohemia (Czechia),
Prussia
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and
Germany
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. It became again part of Poland following Germany's defeat in
World War II
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in 1945.
Transport
The
Voivodeship road
According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a voivodeship
A voivodeship ( ) or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed sinc ...
345 (road of regional importance) passes through Chełm, and the Polish
A4 motorway runs nearby, southwest of the village.
References
Villages in Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska County
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