It is situated in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Pińczów County, Gmina Złota.

According to the tradition, it refers to Bolesław Chrobry who built a castle and founded a parish in Chroberz.

According to the chronicle of Marcin Kromer, in 1019 or 1020 Bolesław Chrobry, while returning from Kiev Expedition (1018), established a settlement in Chroberz.

The first mention about town appears in an 1153 document Codex diplomaticus Poloniae, in which today's Chroberz is referred to as Chrober.

Two monarchs from Kraków – Leszek I the White and Bolesław V the Chaste stayed in Chroberz for some time during their reigns.