Rudzki Most | |
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District ofTuchola | |
 King Jagiełło's Stone is a natural landmark near Rudzki Most. | |
  Rudzki Most | |
| Coordinates:53°34′8.93″N17°53′33.11″E / 53.5691472°N 17.8925306°E /53.5691472; 17.8925306 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Tuchola |
| Gmina | Tuchola |
| Town | Tuchola |
| Within town limits | 1955 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CTU |
Rudzki Most[ˈrut͡ski ˈmɔst] (transl. Rudzki Bridge) is a district ofTuchola,Poland, located in the south-eastern part of the town, along the west bank of theBrda River.[1][2] It is on the edge of theTuchola Landscape Park, and was incorporated into the town limits and jurisdiction of Tuchola in 1955.
There is a launching point for canoeing on the Brda River, and in the river near the bridge is a notable large boulder calledKing Jagiełło's Stone, with a circumference about 7 metres (23 ft).[2] TheRoman Catholic Parish of Divine Providence is located in the district as well.
The district takes its name from wooden bridge over the Brda, which was most recently replaced in 1958 by the current road bridge, part of route 240, and from theRuda River, which flows through the nearby village ofRudzki Młyn.[citation needed]
According to the1921 census, the village had a population of 22, entirelyPolish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession.[3]
On October 24, 27 and 30, and on November 2, 6 and 10, 1939, at the beginning of theGerman occupation of Poland, Germans carried out mass shootings of local Poles, mainly of theintelligentsia as part of the largerIntelligenzaktion Pommern, in the surrounding forests.[4][5] The priestFranciszek Nogalski attempted to negotiate the release of many those to be executed, but was ultimately killed himself.[6] In 1943 the German occupiers renamed the villageRaudenbrück.[citation needed]
After the war, in November 1946, the bones of 227 victims were exhumed, 34 of which were unidentified, and reburied in Tuchola, where a mausoleum was later built. There is now a monument at the site of the mass graves of the murdered.[5]
