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Rydułtowy
Place in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rydułtowy [rɨduu̯ˈtɔvɨ] (German: Rydultau) is a town in southern Poland, in the Wodzisław County of the Silesian Voivodeship.[2] Rydułtowy is in the south-western part of the Silesian Highland, on the Rybnik Plateau, in the Oświęcim-Racibórz Valley.
A mining town, Rydułtowy has been closely bound with the 200-year-old "Rydułtowy-Anna" coal mine.
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Rydułtowy was first mentioned in a document of the Diocese of Wrocław from 1228 as Rudolphi Willa, when it was part of the Duchy of Racibórz of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.
In 1861, Rydułtowy Dolne had an entirely Polish population of 1,066, while Rydułtowy Górne had 360 inhabitants.[3] In the late 19th century, the main occupation of the population was farming and coal mining.[3] In 1923, the first Polish scout troop of Rydułtowy was founded.[4] Rydułtowy Dolne and Rydułtowy Górne were merged in 1926.
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Rydułtowy was occupied by Germany until 1945. Many local Polish scouts were killed during the war,[4] and some teachers from Rydułtowy were among Polish teachers murdered by the Germans in concentration camps as part of the Intelligenzaktion (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[5] The German Nazi administration operated five forced labour camps in Rydułtowy, including a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[6] The prisoners of the camps were initially Poles from nearby settlements, and then also French, English and Soviet prisoners of war.[7] Over 1,000 mostly Jewish prisoners were held in the subcamp of Auschwitz.[6] Prisoners unable to continue labour were sent back to Auschwitz and gassed there,[7] while over 50 prisoners died in the subcamp itself, also by suicide.[6] In January 1945, the Germans evacuated the prisoners on foot to Wodzisław Śląski, and then deported them to the Mauthausen concentration camp.[6]
In 1951, Rydułtowy was granted town rights, and the neighboring settlement of Pietrzkowice was included within town limits as a new district.[8]
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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
Sports
The local football team is Naprzód Rydułtowy. It competes in the lower leagues.
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