| Rudyszwałd | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Racibórz |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Krzyżanowice |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1305 |
| Coordinates: | 49.95°N 35°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Elevation M: | 200 |
| Population Total: | 790 |
| Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
Rudyszwałd is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzyżanowice, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south of Krzyżanowice, 160NaN0 south of Racibórz, and 620NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Rudolfwald debent esse XXIII) mansi.[2] [3] The name, Rudolph plus wald (German: a wood), indicates ethnically German settlement.