| Gmina Ryczywół | |
| Other Name: | Ryczywół Commune |
| Settlement Type: | Gmina |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oborniki |
| Area Total Km2: | 154.54 |
| Population Total: | 7113 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Ryczywół |
| Coordinates: | 52.8136°N 16.8353°W |
| Seat: | Ryczywół |
| Website: | http://www.ryczywol.pl |
Gmina Ryczywół is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Ryczywół, which lies approximately 19km (12miles) north of Oborniki and 470NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań.
The gmina covers an area of 154.54km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,113.
During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German minority members from Selbstschutz units mass murdered 21 Poles between 13 and 24 September. In most of the cases the victims had their skulls crashed by hand tools. Among Germans responsible following names have been identified:Erwin Bruno, Alexander Muller, Leonard Fietz, Kurt Munak, Georg Wendlandt, Heinz Noak, Willi Hubner.[1]
Gmina Ryczywół contains the villages and settlements of Boruchowo, Chlebowo, Chmielewo, Dąbrówka Ludomska, Drzonek, Gorzewko, Gorzewo, Gościejewko, Gościejewo Leśne, Igrzyna, Krężoły, Łaszczewiec, Lipa, Lipa Nowa, Lipa-Bagna, Lipa-Wojciechowo, Łopiszewo, Ludomicko, Ludomki, Ludomy, Ninino, Orłowo, Piłka-Młyn, Piotrowo, Połajewice, Radom, Ryczywół, Skrzetusz, Tłukawy, Trzy Góry, Wiardunki and Zawady.
Gmina Ryczywół is bordered by the gminas of Budzyń, Czarnków, Oborniki, Połajewo and Rogoźno.