Rydułtowy

Rydułtowy
Coat of arms
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; Silesian: Rydůłtowy), 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.

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

External links

• Jewish Community in Rydułtowy on Virtual Shtetl

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rydułtowy.

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

Gminas of Wodzisław County
Urban gminas	Wodzisław Śląski (seat) Pszów Radlin Rydułtowy
Rural gminas	Gmina Godów Gmina Gorzyce Gmina Lubomia Gmina Marklowice Gmina Mszana