Rydułtowy

Rydułtowy

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Rydułtowy

Location of Rydułtowy in Poland

Coordinates: 50°3′30″N 18°25′0″E / 50.05833°N 18.41667°E / 50.05833; 18.41667
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Wodzisław
Gmina Rydułtowy (urban gmina)
First mentioned 1228
Government
  Mayor Kornelia Newy
Area
  Total 15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 21,950
  Density 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Postal code 44-280
Website http://www.rydultowy.pl

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.

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.

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Coordinates: 50°03′N 18°25′E / 50.050°N 18.417°E / 50.050; 18.417



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