| Rudna | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lubin |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Rudna |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.5111°N 16.2633°W |
| Population Total: | 1300 |
Rudna is a village (former town) in Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Rudna. It lies approximately 14km (09miles) north of Lubin and 690NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village was originally called Nowa Ruda (New Rudna) - Old Polish ruda meaning ore – to distinguish it from the neighbouring small village of Stara Rudna (Old Rudna). Originated about 1280, it was not mentioned before 1347 in a deed of Charles IV of Luxemburg, at this time King of Bohemia, as a town within the Duchy of Ścinawa (Steinau).
After World War II, the village lost its town rights and became part of the now-defunct Legnica Voivodeship.