Rybnica (german: Reibnitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kamienica, within Karkonosze County,

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of

Stara Kamienica Stara Kamienica is a village in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Stara Kamienica. It lies approximately west of Jelenia Góra, and west o ...

, west of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ''ryba'', which means "fish". In the 1940s, several members of the Home Army

resistance Resistance may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm: ** ''Resistance'' (comics), based on the video game of the same title ** ''T ...

organization, fled persecution in

Niedrzwica Duża Niedrzwica Duża is a village in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Niedrzwica Duża. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin. Histor ...

and settled in Rybnica, where they continued their activities, and maintained contact with the resistance in nearby Jelenia Góra. For centuries, Rybnica castle (''Burg Läusepelz'') was the seat of the Reibnitz family, an ancient ( uradel) Silesian noble family, whose most prominent scion is

Princess Michael of Kent Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, 15 January 1945) is a member of the British royal family of German, Austrian, Czech and Hungarian descent. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, ...

, member of the British Royal Family.https://www.zamkipolskie.com/rybnica/rybnica_eng.html

Transport

The national road 30 passes through Rybnica, and there is a railway station in the village.

References

Villages in Karkonosze County {{Karkonosze-geo-stub