Village in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Rudołtowice [rudɔu̯tɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna , within Pszczyna County , Silesian Voivodeship , in southern Poland.[ 1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Pszczyna and 32 km (20 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice .
History
In the pediment with a cartouche , in which there are two coats of arms : Jastrzębiec and Ostoja .
In the Middle Ages , the area was part of the territory of the Vistulans tribe, one of the Polish tribes .[ 2] It became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the Polish Seniorate Province and Duchy of Racibórz . Later on, the village passed under Bohemian (Czech) suzerainty, and in the 15th century, it became part of the newly formed Duchy of Pszczyna . During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the duchy was overtaken in 1480 by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn from the Piast dynasty , who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country . In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as Rudoltowicze .[ 3] Along with the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 it became part of the Habsburg monarchy . In 1752, Polish senator, Count Józef Zborowski [pl ] , built a palace in the village, which today houses a center for visually impaired children. In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia , including the village, and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire . After World War I , Poland regained independence, and following the subsequent Polish Silesian Uprisings against Germany, the village was reintegrated with the reborn Polish state.
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