Stara Rudna

Stara Rudna
Village
Stara Rudna
Coordinates: 51°29′29″N 16°16′58″E / 51.49139°N 16.28278°E / 51.49139; 16.28278Coordinates: 51°29′29″N 16°16′58″E / 51.49139°N 16.28278°E / 51.49139; 16.28278
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Lubin
Gmina Rudna
Elevation 130 m (430 ft)
Population 140

Stara Rudna [ˈstara ˈrudna] (German: Alt Raudten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudna, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Lubin, and 67 kilometres (42 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The village has a population of 140.

The place, originally called Ruda, may have developed out of an old Slavic castle and a church built in approximately 1100 by Piotr Włostowic of Dunin, though no documents are saved.

Christian Knorr von Rosenroth, a Christian Hebraist, was born in Alt Raudten in 1631.

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