Rzymówka is a small village located on the Chojnów Plain, on the banks of the Kaczawa River, known for its interesting topographical location. To the south of the village, there stretches a wide valley bottom of the Kaczawa River, while to the north, there is a steep, rugged escarpment with a height of 20-30 meters. This escarpment is intersected by numerous dry valleys resembling ravines and gullies, formed in the soft bedrock due to water erosion after heavy rainfall. The longest of these valleys stretches for over 1 km in length, and their depth reaches up to 30 meters. Some of these valleys likely formed through natural deepening of old access roads leading to agricultural areas located on the upland.
The main historic landmark in Rzymówka is the palace, built as a Renaissance manor in the 17th century. In the middle of the 18th century, it was renovated, and the shape it acquired at that time has been preserved to the present day. Above the entrance portal, there is an ornate heraldic shield bearing the von Richthofen family coat of arms. Currently, the palace serves as a residential building. Nearby, there is the Spring of Saint Hedwig, from which, according to tradition, the saint drank water during her travels in Silesia. The spring is enclosed by a stone pyramid that stands several meters high. Near the spring, on the edge of the valley, there are remains of an early medieval settlement in the form of a mound with a longer axis of 130 meters. There are plans for the construction of a dry flood protection reservoir near Rzymówka, on the Kaczawa River, with an earth dam that will be 12 meters high.
Description: Piotr Migoń
