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{{See also|Drochlin, Podlaskie Voivodeship}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Drochlin
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Drochlin - church.jpg
| image_caption = Our Lady of Częstochowa church in Drochlin
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Częstochowa County|Częstochowa]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Lelów|Lelów]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|43|N|19|38|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 458
| registration_plate = SCZ
| blank_name_sec2 = [[Voivodeship road]]s
| blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DW794-PL.svg|32px]]
| website =
}}
'''Drochlin''' {{IPAc-pl|'|d|r|o|h|l|i|n}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Lelów]], within [[Częstochowa County]], [[Silesian Voivodeship]], in southern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Lelów]], {{convert|38|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Częstochowa]], and {{convert|69|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of the regional capital [[Katowice]].

==History==
[[File:Drochlin - grave 01.jpg|thumb|left|Grave of local Polish defenders and partisans killed during [[World War II]]]]
The first mention of the village occurred in 1373–74. During the [[Middle Ages]] the village belonged to the Chapter of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków|Roman Catholic Diocese of Kraków]]. There is a parish church named of Our Lady of Częstochowa. The original church, Saints Phillip and James, was built from wood and existed since 1470. After an unknown destruction, the next was built in 1728. That church had, from a bird's eye view, the shape of a cross. That church lasted until 1958, when it was demolished for structural reasons. Head priest Władysław Zachariasz oversaw its rebuild that lasted until 1967 and used light reddish-orange medium-sized exterior bricks. A similar wooden church still exists and can be seen in the neighboring village of [[Podlesie, Gmina Lelów|Podlesie]].

In the late 18th century, the village was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] during the [[Partitions of Poland]]. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included in the short-lived [[Duchy of Warsaw]], and following its dissolution in 1815, it fell to the [[Russian Partition]] of Poland. During the [[January Uprising]], on September 28, 1863, the village was a place of concentration of two units of Polish insurgents and a unit of Hungarian volunteers, who two days later fought the [[Battle of Mełchów]], in which they defeated Russian troops.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zieliński|first=Stanisław|title=Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|year=1913|language=pl|publisher=Fundusz Wydawniczy [[Polish Museum, Rapperswil|Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu]]|location=Rapperswil|page=181}}</ref> Following [[World War I]], in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

In the early 1970s there was a fire in the northwestern portion of the village. There a villager discovered an object that was later confirmed by archeology professors from the [[Jagiellonian University]] in [[Kraków]]. The object was a Roman [[Denarius]] dating from [[Hadrian]]'s rule, 119-30 AD.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gmina Lelów}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Częstochowa County]]

Drochlin, Silesian Voivodeship - Revision history

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