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Rydułtowy

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Country
  
Poland

First mentioned
  
1228

Area
  
15 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 2:35 PM

County
  
Wodzisław

Postal code
  
44-280

Population
  
21,950 (2006)

Voivodeship
  
Silesian Voivodeship

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Gmina
  
Rydułtowy (urban gmina)

Weather
  
10°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 42% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Park Sensoryczny, Hałda Szarlota, Krzyż Pokutny

Rydułtowy [rɨduu̯ˈtɔvɨ] (German: Rydultau), is a town in southern Poland. It is in the Wodzisław County of the Silesian Voivodeship. Rydułtowy is in the south-western part of the Silesian Highland, on the Rybnik Plateau, in the Oświęcim-Racibórz Valley.

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Map of Rydu%C5%82towy, Poland

A mining town, Rydułtowy has been closely bound with the 200-year-old "Rydułtowy-Anna" coal mine.

Rydułtowy was first mentioned in documents from 1228. Rudolphi Willa is the name of the village in the Racibórz Principality, as shown in the books of the Wrocław Archbishop, dated from the 13th century.

Landmarks

  • Housing in the Charles's building settlement
  • Municipal Hospital buildings "Rydułtowy" ZOZ (health care service)
  • Penitential cross
  • Railway station
  • Rail tunnel
  • Scales building KWK "Rydułtowy" (coal mine)
  • St. Hyacinth's Church
  • St. George's Church
  • Sister towns

  • Hvidovre
  • Orlová
  • References

    Rydułtowy Wikipedia