Rytwiany

Rytwiany is a village in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rytwiany. It lies on the Czarna Staszowska river, approximately south-east of Staszów and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.

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Settlement.name: Rytwiany
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:    
Settlement.image_shield: POL gmina Rytwiany COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Zespół klasztorny kamedułów, Rytwiany 2014 04.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Camaldolese monastery complex
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Świętokrzyskie
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Staszów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Rytwiany
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.elevation_m: 178.7
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2009 at Census
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Total

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==History== Rytwiany, which belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, has a rich and long history. First documented owner of the village was a nobleman named Piotr Bogoria Skotnicki (13th century), and across the centuries, Rytwiany belonged to a number of owners, including Cardinal Wojciech Jastrzębiec, Hieronymus Jaroslaw Łaski, the Lubomirski family, the Potocki family, the Radziwiłł family, and several others.

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