Grocholub

History

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. Later on, it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, it was renamed to Erbersdorf to erase traces of Polish origin. 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. After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

Most-observed species

• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  85
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  74
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  73
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  60
• Montagu's Harrier

  Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  56
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  49
• Eurasian Skylark

  Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  47
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  46

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-04-09
  1 km WNW of Radlin, Poland
• M 2.9 — 2025-04-29
  4 km WSW of Bytom, Poland
• M 3.2 — 2025-01-27
  1 km NE of Radlin, Poland
• M 2.9 — 2024-07-11
  4 km N of Jejkowice, Poland
• M 3 — 2023-10-04
  2 km W of Murcki, Poland
• M 2.8 — 2023-01-12
  2 km ENE of Karviná, Czechia