Rudzie is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Gołdap, within
Gołdap County,
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the
Kaliningrad Oblast of
Russia.
It lies approximately south of
Gołdap and east of the regional capital
Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of
Masuria.
In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 230, of mixed Polish, German, and Jewish ethnicity.
In 1938, during a massive
campaign of renaming of placenames, the Nazi government of Germany renamed the village to ''Rodenstein'' in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. After Germany's defeat in
World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic Polish name
[ was restored.
]
References
Villages in Gołdap County
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