Chwalimierz

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Chwalimierz
Village
Chwalimierz
Coordinates: 51°08′36″N 16°36′04″E / 51.14333°N 16.60111°E / 51.14333; 16.60111
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Środa Śląska
Gmina Środa Śląska

Chwalimierz [xfaˈlimjɛʂ] (German: Frankenthal) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Środa Śląska, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

Gates of Chwalimierz Palace

It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-east of Środa Śląska, and 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The merchant Georg von Kramsta had a Neo-Renaissance palace built here around the year 1885, that was destroyed during World War II.

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Coordinates: 51°08′36″N 16°36′04″E / 51.14333°N 16.60111°E / 51.14333; 16.60111

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