Rudy, Silesian Voivodeship
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 Our Lady Basilica and monastery in Rudy | |
  Rudy | |
| Coordinates: 50°11′N 18°27′E / 50.183°N 18.450°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Racibórz |
| Gmina | Kuźnia Raciborska |
| Established | 13th century |
| Population | 2,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | SRC |
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Rudy ([ˈrudɨ], also known as Rudy Wielkie or Rudy Raciborskie) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Kuźnia Raciborska, 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Racibórz, and 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.
With history going back to the 13th century, it is a site of the gothic Cistercian Rudy Palace-Monastery. There is also a narrow gauge railway station and museum in the village.
Rudy gives its name to the protected area called Rudy Landscape Park (in full: "Landscape Park of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie").
History
[edit]In the early 13th century a monastery was founded at the site, however, it was destroyed in the First Mongol invasion of Poland in 1241. The Cistercians rebuilt the monastery in 1252–1255. A foundation document was issued by Duke Władysław Opolski of the Polish Piast dynasty in 1258, and it was confirmed by Pope Gregory X in 1274. The Cistercians developed the village. In the early 14th century, Duke Przemysław of Racibórz funded the construction of a new church (present-day Basilica) in Rudy.
During World War II, the Germans established and operated three forced labour subcamps (E374, E588, E742) of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[2] In the final stages of the war, in 1945, a German-conducted death march of prisoners of a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Sosnowiec passed through the village towards Opava.[3]
Sports
[edit]The local football team is LKS Buk Rudy.[4] It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable people
[edit]- Viktor II (1847–1923), Duke of Ratibor
- Viktor III (1879–1945), Duke of Ratibor
Gallery
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Our Lady Basilica -
Narrow gauge railway station and museum -
Park -
St. Mary Magdalene Church
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "The Death Marches". Sub Camps of Auschwitz. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "LKS Buk Rudy – strona oficjalna" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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