Szczodre

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Szczodre
—  Village  —
Remains of palace in Szczodre
Szczodre is located in Poland
Szczodre
Coordinates: 51°11′43″N 17°11′2″E / 51.19528°N 17.18389°E / 51.19528; 17.18389
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wrocław County
Gmina Długołęka

Szczodre [ˈʂt​͡ʂɔdrɛ] (German: Sibyllenort) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Długołęka, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Długołęka, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław. In Szczodre (as Sibyllenort) died two kings of Saxony Albert of Saxony in 1902 and Frederick Augustus III, last king of Saxony in 1932.

The palace of Sybillenort was very great and build to resemble the luxurious Windsor Castle in England. The Palace was destroyed in 1946 by the communist regime in Peoples Republic of Poland. The politics of the communists was very clear about their anti-royalist plans which they performed. The Anglo Saxons where Germanic tribes that settled in England. The German king of Saxony was ruling over Germanic tribes. There was also Slavic tribes living in these regions.

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Coordinates: 51°11′43″N 17°11′2″E / 51.19528°N 17.18389°E / 51.19528; 17.18389

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