POLSKA	POLAND
województwo: Dolnośląskie	voivodship: Lower Silesia
powiat: Wrocław	county: Wrocław

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Kąty Wrocławskie was founded in 1297 by prince Bolek I Jaworski. The first mentioning of a church, dedicated to St. Peter and Paul, is found in a document of 1302. The history of the town was frequently turbulent throughout the following centuries. The town walls were pulled down by the Hussites but rebuilt later. In 1624 large parts of the town including the castle of 1474 were destroyed by a large fire. After several changes in the ownership of the estate, Kąty Wrocławskie came into possession of the bishops of Wrocław (Breslau) where it remained until 1810. The town fortification were finally removed in 1855–1856 so that only some fragments are still visible. General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819) owned a palace here which went back to the period between 1570 and 1580. Blücher commanded the allied Prussian army and together with Wellington completed the final defeat of Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. His palace at Kąty Wrocławskie was recently restored. Blücher died in 1819 in nearby Krobielowice (Krieblowitz, between 1937 and 1945 renamed Blüchersruh). The economic life of Kąty Wrocławskie was always determined by trading and agriculture. After World War II, the town was at first renamed Kąty Śląskie which then was changed to the present name, Kąty Wrocławskie. Since 1995, the annual musical festival "Rockowisko!" became a new cultural attraction.