Chroberz is a village in
Poland
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with 964 inhabitants (2005). It is situated in
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (province) of Poland situated in southeastern part of the country, in the histo ...
,
Pińczów County,
Gmina ZÅ‚ota
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Gmina Złota is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Pińczów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Złota, which lies approximately south of Pińczów and south of the reg ...
. In the years of 1975–1998 Chroberz administratively belonged to
Kielce Voivodeship. It lies approximately north of
ZÅ‚ota, south of
Pińczów, and south of the regional capital
Kielce
Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the ba ...
.
Etymology
The name Chroberz originates from
Old Polish
The Old Polish language ( pl, język staropolski, staropolszczyzna) was a period in the history of the Polish language between the 10th and the 16th centuries. It was followed by the Middle Polish language.
The sources for the study of the Old ...
word "chrobry" which meant ''brave''. According to the tradition, it refers to
Bolesław Chrobry Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to:
In people:
* Boleslaw (given name)
In geography:
*Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
*Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
*Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship
Bo ...
who built a castle and founded a parish in Chroberz.
History
According to the chronicle of
Marcin Kromer, in 1019 or 1020 Bolesław Chrobry, while returning from
Kiev Expedition (1018) Polish Expedition to Kiev ( pl, Wyprawa kijowska) may refer to one of the following events:
* Boleslaw I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis, 1018, a Polish intervention into who would be ruler of Kiev and the state of Kievan Rus'
* Kie ...
, established a settlement in Chroberz. The first mention about town appears in an 1153 document ''Codex diplomaticus Poloniae'', in which today's Chroberz is referred to as ''Chrober''.
In the 13th century Chroberz seems to have been a place of some significance in the
Kraków
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district. Two monarchs from Kraków –
Leszek I the White and
Bolesław V the Chaste stayed in Chroberz for some time during their reigns.
Notes
References
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External links
Official local website
{{Authority control
Villages in Pińczów County
Kielce Governorate
Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)