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Rybnica, Wrocław County

Coordinates: 51°03′30.6″N 16°51′40.6″E / 51.058500°N 16.861278°E / 51.058500; 16.861278
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Rybnica
Village
Palace in Rybnica
Palace in Rybnica
Rybnica is located in Poland
Rybnica
Rybnica
Coordinates: 51°03′30.6″N 16°51′40.6″E / 51.058500°N 16.861278°E / 51.058500; 16.861278
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyWrocław
GminaKąty Wrocławskie
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDWR

Rybnica [rɨbˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

The village was first mentioned in 1288, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.[2] The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ryba, which means "fish".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b Hefftner, Paul (1910). Ursprung und Bedeutung der Ortsnamen im Stadt- und Landkreise Breslau (in German). p. 136.