Rybnica
Village
Church of Saint Catherine
Church of Saint Catherine
Rybnica is located in Poland
Rybnica
Rybnica
Coordinates: 50°55′N 15°37′E / 50.917°N 15.617°E / 50.917; 15.617
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyKarkonosze
GminaStara Kamienica
Vehicle registrationDJE

Rybnica [rɨbˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kamienica, within Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship,[1] in south-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Stara Kamienica, 9 km (6 mi) west of Jelenia Góra, and 103 km (64 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Medieval castle ruins

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ryba, which means "fish".[3]

In the 1940s, several members of the Home Army resistance organization, fled persecution in Niedrzwica Duża and settled in Rybnica, where they continued their activities, and maintained contact with the resistance in nearby Jelenia Góra.[4]

Transport

The national road 30 passes through Rybnica, and there is a railway station in the village.

References

  1. ↑ "Rybnica Map on Mapcarta".
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.
  4. ↑ Zawiła, Marcin (2004). "Zaporczycy na Ziemi Jeleniogórskiej. Przyczynek do powojennych dziejów żołnierzy AK z Lubelszczyzny (1945-1948)". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XXXVI. Jelenia Góra. p. 215. ISSN 0080-3480.


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