Rybnik - Rybnik

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Rybnik
VoivodeshipSilesia
Residents
141.000 (2005)
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Rybnik

Rybnik(German: Likewise Rybnik) is a historic city in the voivodeship Silesia at the Mange at the edge of Plesser heather on the Silesian plateau. The city is in the historical Upper Silesia and is especially known for the numerous fish ponds created by the Cistercians in the early High Middle Ages. The name of the city - Ryba is Polish for fish - goes back to the fish ponds.

getting there

Map of Rybnik
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District Office
City lake

By plane

The closest international Airport is located north of Katowice at the Autostrada A1. Other international airports are located at Wroclaw at the Autostrada A18 and Krakow at the Autostrada A4.

By train

The place has a train station that over Gliwice is attainable.

By bus

Intercity buses run regularly to Gliwice and long-distance buses to other cities in the region.

In the street

The road network is well developed.

The A4 runs from Germany and also from Poland Autostrada A4 means to the limit. Then you can take the autobahn at Gliwice switch and on the Autostrada A1 continue south. The city is located immediately to the east of the A1 and has its own exit.

Alternatively, from southern Germany and Switzerland you can use Prague drive.

From Austria you drive over Brno and then from the Polish-Czech border the Autostrada A1.

mobility

The center of the Orst is easy to explore on foot.

Tourist Attractions

  • Gothic-Baroque princely castle of the Piasts, today district court
  • Gothic Marienkirche
  • Gothic-Baroque St. Mary's Church
  • neo-Gothic Basilica of St. Anthony
  • neo-Gothic hospital church
  • classicist evangelical church
  • Renaissance wooden church of St. Catherine
  • baroque wooden church St. Lorenz
  • neo-baroque Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • Sanctuary of St. Theresa
  • Calvary
  • classical old town hall
  • neoclassical New Town Hall
  • Neo-Renaissance District Office
  • Marketplace
  • baroque Nepomuk column
  • baroque statue of Nepomuk
  • late baroque manor
  • Town houses
  • Ignatz show mine
  • Historic family blocks
  • Observation tower
  • Rybnik reservoir

  • Old Town Hall

  • Basilica of St. Anthony

  • baroque Marienkirche

  • Gothic Marienkirche

  • Hospital Church

  • Sacred Heart Church

  • Theresienkirche

  • Katharinenkirche

  • Lorenz Church

  • Nepomuk column

  • Nepomuk statue

activities

Hiking and mountain biking are very popular in summer. Water sports can be practiced on the Oder and Ulga Canal.

shop

There are shopping opportunities. A visit is recommended for extensive shopping Wroclaw.

kitchen

Due to the numerous forests and rivers, the regional cuisine specializes in fresh forest fruits, game and fish. Numerous fish ponds have been created around Racibórz on the Oder since the Middle Ages.

nightlife

A visit to Wroclaw is recommended to celebrate.

accommodation

There are numerous guest rooms and pensions in the village.

security

It's pretty safe.

health

For general questions about (cure) services for those legally insured in Germany or Austria, supply with pharmacies and German-speaking doctors / pharmacists, see article on Poland.

trips

literature

See article too Poland.

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