| Rudyszwałd | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
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  Rudyszwałd | |
| Coordinates: 49°57′N18°17′E / 49.950°N 18.283°E | |
| Country |  |
| 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. [1] 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.
German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
Gmina Krzyżanowice is a rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the village of Krzyżanowice, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Racibórz and 60 km (37 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. [2] [3] The name, Rudolph plus wald (German: a wood), indicates ethnically German settlement.
The Archdiocese of Wrocław is a Latin Rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church named after its capital Wrocław in Poland. From its founding as a bishopric in 1000 until 1821, it was under the Archbishopric of Gniezno in Greater Poland. From 1821 to 1930 it was subjected directly to the Apostolic See. Between 1821 and 1972 it was officially known as (Arch)Diocese of Breslau.
Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis is a Latin manuscript catalog of documents compiled in the later 13th or in the early 14th century. It lists towns and villages obliged to pay a tithe to the Bishopric of Wrocław. As a primary source it helps to recreate territorial extent, structure and revenues of the contemporary Diocese of Wrocław, additionally hundreds of villages in Silesia were being attested for the first time in their history, hence the importance of the document. The exact date of the document is not determined, but most often it is believed to be compiled in 1305, during Henryk of Wierzbna bishophood, who tried to reorganize bishopric's finances.
Rudolph or Rudolf or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from two stems: Hrōþi, Hruod or Hrōð, meaning "fame", "glory", and olf meaning "wolf". It is a common name in many germanic-language speaking countries in Europe, but in the North-American countries it is rare.
