Chwalim

History

The village historically belonged to Greater Poland, has medieval records and has been recorded since the 15th century. It was first mentioned as Chwalny in 1408, Chwalym/Chwalim in 1418, Chwalimye in 1424 and Valim in 1444. In 1408, the village belonged to the parish of Niałek Wielki, and later to the parish of Kopanica. Initially, the village was a noble property, and from 1440 also a clergy property, belonging to the . The village had an oval shape and was founded in 1440. In 1467, it was located in the Kościan County of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1441, the chamberlain demarcated the royal tenures of Babimost and Kopanica with parts of the village of Chwalim, then belonging to the abbot of Obra and Nikl Kargowski. An incident occurred during the establishment of this boundary. When 40 mounds were raised on the border with Kopanica, the tenant Rudzki of Kopanica prevented the raising of further mounds. Ten mounds were raised on the borders of Chwalim with Krampsko Stare and Babimost, which was approved by the land court. The village is recorded in numerous historical legal and tax documents. In 1513, King Sigismund the Old of Poland approved the division of the ancestral estates of Kargów and Chwalim, as well as the royal estates of Kopanica and others, between the brothers Wojciech and Jan of Żychlin. In 1515, the Kopanica tenant, Jan of Żychlin, owned, among other things, estates in Chwalim and . In 1519, King Sigismund the Old permitted Jan Kopanicki to bequeath 850 Hungarian złoty to his sister Anna, wife of Jakub Padniewski, the royal village of Wąchabno and his hereditary estates of Chwalim and Lake Białokosz . In 1516, Jan Reza of Kopanica sued the abbot of Obra because his men had harvested honey from beehives in the Sławim forest and taken two…