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Rudyszwałd

Rudyszwałd
Village
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Rudyszwałd is located in Poland
Rudyszwałd
Rudyszwałd
Coordinates: 49°57′N 18°17′E / 49.950°N 18.283°E / 49.950; 18.283
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Racibórz
Gmina Krzyżanowice
First mentioned 1305
Elevation 200 m (700 ft)
Population (approx.) 790

Rudyszwałd [ruˈdɨʂfau̯t] (German: Ruderswald) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzyżanowice, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Krzyżanowice, 16 km (10 mi) south of Racibórz, and 62 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village has an approximate population of 790.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Rudolfwald debent esse XXIII) mansi. The name, Rudolph plus wald (German: a wood), indicates ethnically German settlement.


Coordinates: 49°57′N 18°17′E / 49.950°N 18.283°E / 49.950; 18.283



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