Rudziniec
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rudziniec
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =
| image_skyline = Śluza Rudziniec.jpg
| image_caption = Rudziniec Lock of the Gliwice Canal
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Silesian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Gliwice
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Rudziniec
| coordinates = {{coord|50|21|26|N|18|24|24|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| population_total = 1633
| registration_plate = SGL
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Rudziniec {{IPAc-pl|r|u|'|dź|i|ń|e1|c}} is a village in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rudziniec.{{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|21|km|mi|0}} north-west of Gliwice and {{convert|44|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital Katowice.
History
The village was mentioned in documents in 1305, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. Later on, it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Rudgershagen to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E332 and E389 forced labour subcamps 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|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}} After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.
Transport
There is a train station in the village.
Gallery
SM Rudziniec Kościół Michała Archanioła 2017 (20) full.jpg|Church of Saint Michael Archangel
Pałac w Rudzińcu1.jpg|Palace in Rudziniec
Kapliczka nieopodal kościoła w Rudzińcu.jpg|Chapel in Rudziniec
Śluza Rudziniec 04.jpg|Rudziniec Lock
References
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{{Commons category|Rudziniec}}
{{Gmina Rudziniec}}
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Category:Villages in Gliwice County
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