Krobielowice k is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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

Germany

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. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Kąty Wrocławskie and 21 km (13 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The town was founded in 1321. As Krieblowitz in the Prussia

Prussia

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n Province of Silesia

Province of Silesia

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, it was one of the residences of renowned Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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 Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

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, co-victor with Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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 over Napoleon

Napoleon I

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 at Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

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, who died here in 1819. It was incorporated into the new German Empire

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 in 1871. From 1937-45 under the Nazis

Nazism

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 Krieblowitz was renamed to Blüchersruh ("Blücher's resting place") - partly to honour the Field Marshal, and partly because the authorities thought the original name sounded "too Slavic

Racial policy of Nazi Germany

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".

Blücher's mausoleum

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 was desecrated by rampaging Soviet

Soviet Union

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 troops towards the end of World War II

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 in 1945. The area was transferred

Potsdam Agreement

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to Poland later that same year. His tomb remains an empty, crumbling shell as of 2009.