Rusinowice (German ''Ruschinowitz'') is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Koszęcin __NOTOC__ Gmina Koszęcin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Koszęcin, which lies approximately south-east of Lubliniec and north of the regional ...

, within

Lubliniec County __NOTOC__ Lubliniec County ( pl, powiat lubliniecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Koszęcin, south-east of

Lubliniec Lubliniec (german: Lublinitz) is a town in southern Poland with 23,784 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998). Geograp ...

, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice. The village is located near to the Polish nature reserve Jeleniak Mikuliny. Osrodek rehabilitacyjny Rusinowice 2p

Rusinowice has a centre of rehabilitation and education for disabled children and adolescents. The institution started operating in 1994. It was established through an initiative by the Polish Episcopate and the American Embassy in Poland. The centre is run by the

Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capi ...

branch of Caritas.

Monuments

The Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross and St. Catherine is a Catholic church located in the village. Rusinowice and Piłka, a nearby village, both belong to a

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

founded in 1985. A volunteer fire department can also be found in Rusinowice. The department's one station has an observation tower and a firetruck.

Trivia

* In August 2008, a whirlwind passed through the village, destroying or damaging many homes and farm buildings. * In the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

book Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (en. ''Book of endowments of the Bishopric of Wrocław)'' written in ca.1300, Rusinowice is mentioned in the Germanized form, Rusendorf.

References

External links

* Website for the Parish in Rusinowice http://parafia-rusinowice.pl/ * Website for the Rehabilitation and Education Centre for Disabled Children and Adolescents: http://www.rusinowice.com/ Rusinowice {{Lubliniec-geo-stub