Rycerka Górna
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Żywiec | ||
| Gmina : | Rajcza | ||
| Area : | 52.44 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 28 ' N , 19 ° 2' E | ||
| Residents : | 1562 (1998) | ||
| Postal code : | 32-370 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 33 | ||
| License plate : | SZY | ||
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| Next international airport : | Katowice Airport | ||
Rycerka Górna is a village in the Rajcza municipality in the powiat Żywiecki in the Silesian Voivodeship .
geography
Rycerka Górna is located south of the city of Żywiec at the transition between the Silesian and Saybuscher Beskids and the Jablunkauer Uplands .
The village stretches along with the Rycerka Dolna over 14 kilometers in the valley of the Czarna Soła and Rycerka between the mountain ranges of Mała Zabawa , Hutyrow and Łysica .
history
The first settlements emerged in the 17th century. In 1628 there were 19 houses in Rycerka. Around 1870 the village expanded towards the south, the settlements Rycerka Górna and in 1883 Rycerka Kolonia emerged. The Żywiec - Čadca (SK) railway line, completed in 1884, and the construction of the Rycerka station resulted in an expansion towards the north. The growing village was divided into Rycerka Górna and Dolna. In 1940, as part of the Saybusch campaign, several Polish families were expelled from the village.
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Sól-Kiczora | Rajcza | Rycerka Dolna | Rycerka Górna | Sól | Zwardoń