Rybarzowice 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 to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Buczkowice __NOTOC__ Gmina Buczkowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Buczkowice, which lies approximately south of Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; cs, ...

, within

Bielsko County __NOTOC__ Bielsko County ( pl, powiat bielski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reform ...

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 ...

, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Buczkowice, south of

Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; cs, Bílsko-Bělá, german: Bielitz-Biala, szl, Bjylsko-Bjoło) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 168,319 as of December 2021, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of . It is a ...

, and south of the regional capital

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

. The village was first mentioned in a written document in 1581. It has a population of 3,448.

History

The first mention of ''Ribarzowice'' comes from the conscript register of the Silesian poviat in 1581. In 1592, it was mentioned under the German name ''Fischendorf'' , which is related to the proximity of the Bielsko-Biała language island In 1595 , the village, located in the Silesian poviat of the Krakow voivodship, was owned by the castellan of Nowy Sącz, After the partitions, Rybarzowice found itself under Austrian rule becoming a part of the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

. From 1867 within the borders of the Biała County According to the Austrian census of 1900, 223 buildings in Rybarzowice, on an area of 885 hectares ( ''gemeinde and gutsgebiete ''), were inhabited by 1,536 people (population density 173.6 people/km²), of which 1,525 (99.3%) were Catholics and 11 (0 .7%) Jews , while 1,529 (99.5%) were Polish-speaking

World War 2 and 21st century

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the village was incorporated into the Bielitz district in the Third Reich under the name of ''Fischersdorf'',Amtsbezirk Schirk
/ref> In the years 1975–1998 , the town administratively belonged to the Bielsko Voivodeship.

References

Villages in Bielsko County {{Bielsko-geo-stub