Ruda, Silesian Voivodeship

The Palace-Monastery of Rudy (Polish: Pocysterski Zespół Klasztorno-Pałacowy w Rudach (Wielkich) or German: Schloss Rauden or German: Kloster Rauden) is located in Rudy within the Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The gothic Cistercian monastery was founded in the 13th century. During the 17th and 18th century, it was rebuilt in baroque style. It was a thriving school which included an impressive library. After the secularization, it became property of the prince of Hesse-Rothenburg and subsequently, the dukes of Ratibor and princes of Corvey, a branch of the Hohenlohe family. They made it their principal seat, which it remained up to the end of the Second World War. It was looted and set afire by the Red Army. The monastery church was immediately rebuilt, but the remaining buildings were only restored from the 1990s onwards. In 1998, it was transferred to the Diocese of Gliwice, and it has been an educational centre since, with the opportunity to stay the night over.

Rudy ([ˈrudɨ], also known as Rudy Wielkie or Rudy Raciborskie) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Kuźnia Raciborska, 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Racibórz, and 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice. With history going back to the 13th century, it is a site of the gothic Cistercian Rudy Palace-Monastery. There is also a narrow gauge railway station and museum in the village. Rudy gives its name to the protected area called Rudy Landscape Park (in full: "Landscape Park of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie").

Rudy Landscape Park (full name Park Krajobrazowy Cysterskie Kompozycje Krajobrazowe Rud Wielkich: "Landscape Park of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie") is a protected area (landscape park) in southern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of 493.87 square kilometres (190.68 sq mi). The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship: in Gliwice County (Gmina Pilchowice, Gmina Sośnicowice), Pszczyna County (Gmina Suszec), Racibórz County (Gmina Nędza) and Rybnik County (Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Gmina Gaszowice, Gmina Jejkowice, Gmina Lyski). Protected are the remnants of natural riparian and oak-hornbeam forests, typical of the upper Odra valley, as well as ponds - breeding grounds for birds and habitats of rare mud and water plants (e.g. yellow watercress, water caltrop). Monuments of animate and inanimate nature include an erratic boulder northeast of Rybnik-Paruszowiec.

Bargłówka [barˈɡwufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnicowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Sośnicowice, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Gliwice, and 39 km (24 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Ruda Kozielska [ˈruda kɔˈʑɛlska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Kuźnia Raciborska, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Racibórz, and 42 km (26 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Zwonowice [zvɔnɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Rybnik and 41 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Stodoły [stɔˈdɔwɨ] (lit. barns, German: Stodoll) is a district of Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. In the late 2013 it had about 600 inhabitants.

Tworóg Mały [ˈtfɔruk ˈmawɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnicowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Sośnicowice, 16 km (10 mi) west of Gliwice, and 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Chwałęcice (German: Chwallentzitz) is a district of Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. In late 2013 it had about 1,800 inhabitants.

Nowa Wieś [ˈnɔva ˈvjɛɕ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnicowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Sośnicowice, 14 km (9 mi) south-west of Gliwice, and 36 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Stanica [staˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilchowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Gliwice and 36 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Zamoście (Polish pronunciation: [zaˈmɔɕt͡ɕɛ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnicowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.