Grochowice is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Kotla __NOTOC__ Gmina Kotla is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Głogów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its largest village and administrative seat is Kotla, which lies approximately north of Głogów and nort ...

, within

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

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. It is situated approximately north of Kotla, north of

Głogów Głogów (; german: Glogau, links=no, rarely , cs, Hlohov, szl, Głogōw) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship (1975–1998) ...

, and north-west of the regional capital

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. Village has the Holy Mary of Czestochowa baroque church raised in 1789. The church has oval shape and is built of stone and bricks. The front wooden and only tower was replaced in 1930s by the new one made of brick. The village is well known for two reasons. First, Grochowice is placed nearby the forest where each fall many people head to pick up mushrooms. Secondly, each year the village of Grochowice is a host location for poetry music fans. The concerts are played to commemorate the great poet Edward Stachura who lived in Grochowice during the winter of 1967. Stachura worked as a woodcutter in the forest. His book "Siekierezada" (axing) was actually based on his personal adventures he had experienced in Grochowice. The administrative power is held by the Kotla district, which has its auxiliary village administrator elected to the office every four years in general election. Miroslav Chachula is the present village administrator.

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