Rudno, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Rudno.

Rudno [ˈrudnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pelplin, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Pelplin, 19 km (12 mi) south of Tczew, and 49 km (30 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Rudno
Village
Exaltation of the Holy Cross church in Rudno
Rudno
Coordinates: 53°56′10″N 18°45′35″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Tczew
Gmina	Pelplin
Population	935
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Rudno was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2]

During the occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Germans murdered the local Polish teacher and his wife along with several Poles from other villages in the Szpęgawski Forest (see Intelligenzaktion Pommern).^[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 113 (in Polish)
3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, pp. 149-150 (in Polish)