Krzeczyn Wielki ' is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubin

Gmina Lubin

Gmina Lubin is a rural gmina in Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubin, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, within Lubin County

Lubin County

Lubin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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, in south-western Poland. The appendix Wielki (Great) serves to distinguish the place from the neighbouring Krzeczyn Mały (Little Krzeczyn). Another Lower Silesian municipality

Municipality

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 called Krzeczyn

Krzeczyn

Krzeczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.-References:...

 is in Gmina Oleśnica

Gmina Olesnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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The village was first mentioned as Old Polish

Old Polish language

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 Chrechim in a 1267 deed

Deed

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 by Pope Clement IV

Pope Clement IV

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 concerning the grant of tithe

Tithe

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s to the abbey of Trzebnica (Trebnitz). German colonists settled here from about 1280 on under the German city law of the nearby town of Lubin

Lubin

Lubin is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. From 1975–1998 it belonged to the former Legnica Voivodeship. Lubin is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of the latter,...

, invited by the ruling Silesia

Silesia

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n lords of the Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty

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In 1945, as a result of the Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Conference

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, Krzeczyn Wielki was placed under the jurisdiction of Poland. The German-speaking population was expelled

Expulsion of Germans after World War II

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 and Poles

Poles

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 were settled here, who themselves had been expelled from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union

Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union

Immediately after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union invaded the eastern regions of the Second Polish Republic, which Poles referred to as the "Kresy," and annexed territories totaling 201,015 km² with a population of 13,299,000...

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