Rudna is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Wysoka, within
Piła County,
Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Wysoka
Wysoka (german: Wissek; 1942-45 Weißeck) is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,760 inhabitants (2004). The current Mayor is Marek Madej.
History
The oldest known mention Wysoka comes from 1260, when it was gr ...
, east of
Piła, and north of the regional capital
Poznań.
The oldest known mention of Rudna dates back to 1480, when it was part of the
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Latin: ''Corona Regni Poloniae''), known also as the Polish Crown, is the common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, includ ...
. During the
German occupation of Poland during
World War II, some
Polish inhabitants of Rudna, were murdered by the Germans on the slope of the ''Góra Wysoka'' hill in nearby
Wysoka
Wysoka (german: Wissek; 1942-45 Weißeck) is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,760 inhabitants (2004). The current Mayor is Marek Madej.
History
The oldest known mention Wysoka comes from 1260, when it was gr ...
in two mass executions on October 21 and November 21 (see ''
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation'').
[Maria Wardzyńska, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 164 (in Polish)]
There is a church of Saints Peter and Paul in the village.
References
Villages in Piła County
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