Chełmsko Śląskie

Template:Template other Chełmsko Śląskie Template:IPAc-pl (Template:Langx) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawka, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic.Template:TERYT It lies approximately south-east of Lubawka, south of Kamienna Góra, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The settlement was first mentioned in 1207 and was granted town rights as late as 1289, when it was part of medieval Poland. Town and region became part of Bohemia within the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The town was ruled by the Krzeszów/Grüssau Abbey. After the Reformation, the residents became Protestant. Despite oppression by the Abbey and Recatholication policies in Austrian-ruled Silesia, the residents sticked to their Protestant faith. Despite order by Rudolf II to respect Protestants, the Abbey assigned a Catholic priest to the town in 1619. Later part of various German states, it was claimed by Poland in 1945. During World War II the Germans established and operated a branch of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the town. Chełmsko Śląskie contains numerous historic buildings and structures, the oldest dating back to the Middle Ages. The town's German populace as expelled in totality by the Polish Communist regime in 1945-46.

• Baroque Holy Family church
  Baroque Holy Family church
• Market Square (Rynek) with historic townhouses
  Market Square (Rynek) with historic townhouses
• Old weavers houses from 1707, called the Twelve Apostles
  Old weavers houses from 1707, called the Twelve Apostles
• Gothic sculpture of Hedwig of Silesia, High Duchess consort of Poland and patron saint of Silesia, at the Market Square
  Gothic sculpture of Hedwig of Silesia, High Duchess consort of Poland and patron saint of Silesia, at the Market Square

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