Rudy | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Our Lady Basilica and monastery in Rudy | |
  Rudy | |
| Coordinates: 50°11′N 18°27′E / 50.183°N 18.450°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Racibórz |
| Gmina | Kuźnia Raciborska |
| Established | 13th century |
| Population | 2,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | SRC |
| Voivodeship roads |    |
Rudy ([ˈrudɨ], also known as Rudy Wielkie or Rudy Raciborskie) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Kuźnia Raciborska, 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Racibórz, and 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.
With history going back to the 13th century, it is a site of the gothic Cistercian Rudy Palace-Monastery. There is also a narrow gauge railway station and museum in the village.
Rudy gives its name to the protected area called Rudy Landscape Park (in full: "Landscape Park of the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rudy Wielkie").