Grocholub

Grocholub [ɡrɔˈxɔlup] is a village, in the administrative district of Gmina Walce, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

[1] Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.

The village was first mentioned in a document of Duke Casimir I of Opole from 1228, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.

During World War II, the Germans operated the E156 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.

[2] After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.