Rudy, Silesian Voivodeship
{{Other places|Rudy (disambiguation)}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Silesian
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| subdivision_name2 = Racibórz
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Kuźnia Raciborska
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| established_date = 13th century
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Rudy ({{IPAc-pl|'|r|u|d|y}}, 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}} It lies approximately {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} east of Kuźnia Raciborska, {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} north-east of Racibórz, and {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} 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
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|accessdate=2 April 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://subcamps-auschwitz.org/death-marches/|title=The Death Marches|website=Sub Camps of Auschwitz|accessdate=27 June 2021}}
Sports
The local football team is LKS Buk Rudy.{{cite web|url=http://www.bukrudy.pl|title=LKS Buk Rudy – strona oficjalna|accessdate=27 June 2021|language=pl}} It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable people
- Viktor II (1847–1923), Duke of Ratibor
- Viktor III (1879–1945), Duke of Ratibor
Gallery
Rudy - Kościół 2.JPG|Our Lady Basilica
2020-09 Rudy Raciborskie 176.jpg|Narrow gauge railway station and museum
Rudy - Park 02.JPG|Park
Rudy - Kościół Św. Marii Magdaleny 01.jpg|St. Mary Magdalene Church
References
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{{commons|Rudy (województwo śląskie)}}
{{Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska}}
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Category:Villages in Racibórz County