Grębocice – z dziejów religijnych miejscowości. Przykład koegzystencji i rywalizacji wyznań na Ziemi Głogowskiej

Grębocice is a village located in the northern part of the Dolnośląskie Province (in the Polkowice district), on the Grębocicka Plain (the microregion of the Głogowska Pradolina, a proglacial stream valley), about 9 km south-east of Głogów. Its history has been inextricably linked with the city of Głogów since the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, this area was part of the united Silesia, and during the reign of Prince Henry III of Głogów (1273-1309), it was incorporated into the Głogów principality. From 1331 it was dependent on Bohemia (in 1344 the Prince of Głogów, Henry V “Żelazny” (Iron), paid homage to King Charles IV of Luxembourg). After the death of the last prince of Głogów, Henry XI (1476), this principality was under the rule of the king of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia – Matthias Corvinus (died on 6 April 1490), and then it was ruled by Jan I Olbracht (until 1499) and Sigismund I Old (until 1506)1. Subsequently, the area was reincorporated into the Czech Crown and in the years 1526-1741 into the Habsburg monarchy. In 1742 Grębocice became part of Prussia. After World War I, as a result of the Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919), this region remained within the borders of Germany, and it was not until after World War II that it returned to Poland. The analysis of the presented source material shows, among other things, one important observation – at the beginning of the twentieth century, there was a peculiar coexistence between residents-neighbours in Grębocice, which was more important to them than their religious and national differences (Evangelicals, Catholics, followers of Judaism) or their economic interests (Germans, Jews).