| Rybnica | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Karkonosze |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Stara Kamienica |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.9167°N 52°W |
| Registration Plate: | DJE |
Rybnica (German: Reibnitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kamienica, within Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship,[1] in south-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) east of Stara Kamienica, 90NaN0 west of Jelenia Góra, and 1030NaN0 west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ryba, which means "fish".[3]
In the 1940s, several members of the Home Army resistance organization, fled persecution in Niedrzwica Duża and settled in Rybnica, where they continued their activities, and maintained contact with the resistance in nearby Jelenia Góra.[4] For centuries, Rybnica castle (Burg Läusepelz) was the seat of the Reibnitz family, an ancient (uradel) Silesian noble family, whose most prominent scion is Princess Michael of Kent, member of the British Royal Family.[5]
The national road 30 passes through Rybnica, and there is a railway station in the village.