Rybnica, Karkonosze County

For other places with the same name, see Rybnica (disambiguation).

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Rybnica

Village

Church of Saint Catherine

Rybnica

Coordinates: 50°55′N 15°37′E﻿ / ﻿50.917°N 15.617°E﻿ / 50.917; 15.617
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Lower Silesian
County| Karkonosze
Gmina| Stara Kamienica
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| DJE

Rybnica [rɨbˈnit͡sa] (German: Reibnitz) 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

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Medieval ruins of Rybnica castle

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ryba, which means "fish".[3] The oldest mention in documents comes from 1228, when part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.

A castle was built in the Middle Ages, which was part of a chain of castles protecting the southern Polish border and trade routes. Two trade routes of regional importance passed through the village in the late medieval and early modern periods, one connecting Wrocław, Bolków and Jelenia Góra with Gryfów, Lubań and Zgorzelec, and the other with Frýdlant and Zittau.[4] For centuries, the castle was the seat of the Reibnitz family, an ancient (uradel) Silesian noble family, whose most prominent scion is Princess Michael of Kent, member of the British Royal Family.[5]

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.[6]

## Transport

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

## References

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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. ^ Boguszewicz, Artur (2010). Corona Silesiae (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. pp. 41, 43. ISBN 978-83-922130-8-6.
5. ^ "*** the Castle in Rybnica (Ruined) **".
6. ^ 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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