Rusinowice Explained

Rusinowice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lubliniec
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Koszęcin
Coordinates:50.6333°N 63°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:1336
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:42-700

Rusinowice (German Ruschinowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koszęcin, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) west of Koszęcin, 80NaN0 south-east of Lubliniec, and 470NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Katowice. The village is located near to the Polish nature reserve Jeleniak Mikuliny.Rusinowice has a centre of rehabilitation and education for disabled children and adolescents. The institution started operating in 1994. It was established through an initiative by the Polish Episcopate and the American Embassy in Poland. The centre is run by the Gliwice branch of Caritas.

Monuments

The Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross and St. Catherine is a Catholic church located in the village. Rusinowice and Piłka, a nearby village, both belong to a parish founded in 1985.

A volunteer fire department can also be found in Rusinowice. The department's one station has an observation tower and a firetruck.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Whirlwind in our county. District Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Lubliniec.. 2015-11-20. Straz Lubliniec. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090724025745/http://www.straz-lubliniec.pl/interwencje/2008/15082008/traba.html. 2009-07-24.
  3. Web site: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Schlesien, Kreis Lublinitz (Loben). www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de. 2015-11-21.
  4. Web site: Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis. 2015-11-20. Dokumenty Slaska.