Rościsławice is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Oborniki Śląskie __NOTOC__ Gmina Oborniki Śląskie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Oborniki Śląskie, which lies approximately west of Trzebnica, ...

, within

Trzebnica County __NOTOC__ Trzebnica County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...

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, in Southwestern Poland. It lies approximately west of Oborniki Śląskie, west of

Trzebnica Trzebnica (Polish pronunciation: ; , ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in west-central Poland. It is the seat of Trzebnica County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Trzebnica. It lies within the eastern Trzebni ...

, and north-west of the regional capital

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. Rościsławice was first mentioned in 1343. Since 1550, it had been owned by the city of

. In 1795, it consisted of 81 buildings with 467 inhabitants, including an

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, two school buildings, a mill, and a palace. In 1845, it had grown to 113 houses, a palace, and a farm. The farm included two windmills, a brickyard, a brewery, and a distillery. In addition, the area had a coffee shop near Warteberg Hill. The village remained the property of the city of Wrocław until 1945 and was often leased. The farm was leased to various people, including Glofka, Scholz, and Willy Schmidthals. By 1886, the estate had grown to 1202 ha, with 798 ha of forests, and livestock included 29 horses and 122 cattle. The village is also well known for its large sunflower population, and has been called the sunflower capital.

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Villages in Trzebnica County {{Trzebnica-geo-stub