# Rychtal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rychtal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rychtal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rychtal > Source revision: 1350757003 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Rychtal | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Ratusz w Rychtalu.jpg | image_caption = Town hall | image_flag = | image_shield = POL gmina Rychtal COA.svg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [Voivodeship](/source/Voivodeships_of_Poland) | subdivision_name1 = [Greater Poland](/source/Greater_Poland_Voivodeship) | subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Powiat) | subdivision_name2 = [Kępno](/source/K%C4%99pno_County) | subdivision_type3 = [Gmina](/source/Gmina) | subdivision_name3 = [Rychtal](/source/Gmina_Rychtal) | coordinates = {{coord|51|9|N|17|51|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = right | elevation_m = | population_total = 1300 | registration_plate = PKE | blank_name_sec2 = [National roads](/source/National_roads_in_Poland) | blank_info_sec2 = 32px|link=National road 39 (Poland) }} '''Rychtal''' ({{IPAc-pl|'|r|y|h|t|a|l}}) is a town in [Kępno County](/source/K%C4%99pno_County), [Greater Poland Voivodeship](/source/Greater_Poland_Voivodeship), in west-central Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the [gmina](/source/gmina) (administrative district) called [Gmina Rychtal](/source/Gmina_Rychtal). ==History== The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century, and after the fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies, it formed part of the [Duchy of Silesia](/source/Duchy_of_Silesia). The Polish settlement at the site called ''Będłowice'' or ''Bandlowice'' is documented in 1222, when the estates were held by the [Teutonic Order](/source/Teutonic_Order). From 1233 onwards, the [Silesian](/source/Duchy_of_Silesia) duke [Henry the Bearded](/source/Henry_the_Bearded) opened the remote area to [German](/source/Germans) and [Walloon](/source/Walloons) colonists in the course of the mediaeval ''[Ostsiedlung](/source/Ostsiedlung)'' migration. Their settlement ''Reichthal'' ("Rich Valley") was first mentioned as a [town](/source/German_town_law) in 1294, then a possession of the [Bishops of Wrocław](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Wroc%C5%82aw). It replaced the older Polish locality, nevertheless, due to the proximity of the episcopal lands to [Greater Poland](/source/Duchy_of_Greater_Poland), the Rychtal area remained bilingual with both [Polish](/source/Polish_language) and [German](/source/German_language) speaking populations and predominantly [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church). thumb|left|Postcard, about 1920 In the 18th century, the town was annexed by [Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia). After the [secularization](/source/secularization) of the Bishopric's estates under [Prussian](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia) rule in 1810, Rychtal belonged to the [Namslau](/source/Namys%C5%82%C3%B3w) (Namysłów) district of the [Silesia Province](/source/Silesia_Province). In 1842, the town had a population of 1,310, predominantly [Polish](/source/Polish_people) by ethnicity and Catholic by confession.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI|year=1890|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=74}} During the Polish [January Uprising](/source/January_Uprising) in 1863 weapons were smuggled through the town to the [Russian Partition](/source/Russian_Partition) of Poland.{{cite journal|last=Pater|first=Mieczysław|year=1963|title=Wrocławskie echa powstania styczniowego|journal=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|publisher=[Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich](/source/Zak%C5%82ad_Narodowy_im._Ossoli%C5%84skich)|location=Wrocław|language=pl|volume=XVIII|issue=4|page=418}} From 1871 it formed part of the [German Empire](/source/German_Empire). After the German defeat in [World War I](/source/World_War_I), the area (''Reichthaler Ländchen'') was allocated to the Greater Polish [Poznań Voivodeship](/source/Pozna%C5%84_Voivodeship_(1921%E2%80%931939)) of the [Second Polish Republic](/source/Second_Polish_Republic) by the 1919 [Treaty of Versailles](/source/Treaty_of_Versailles).[Part II, Article 27, No. 7.](/source/s%3ATreaty_of_Versailles%2FPart_II) {{Historical populations|1842|1310|1921|928|1931|1126 |source={{cite book|author=|title=Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego|volume=X|year=1932|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=202}}}} Rychtal lost town privileges in 1934. In the course of the German [invasion of Poland](/source/invasion_of_Poland), which started [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in September 1939, it was [occupied by Nazi Germany](/source/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)) as part of the ''[Reichsgau Wartheland](/source/Reichsgau_Wartheland)'', attended with [persecutions of the Polish inhabitants](/source/Nazi_crimes_against_the_Polish_nation). In 1939, the Germans carried out the first [expulsions of Poles](/source/Expulsion_of_Poles_by_Nazi_Germany), and several died during their deportation in freight trains to [Mińsk Mazowiecki](/source/Mi%C5%84sk_Mazowiecki) in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[IPN](/source/Institute_of_National_Remembrance)|pages=183–184|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}} The area was overrun by the [Red Army](/source/Red_Army) in the course of the [Vistula–Oder Offensive](/source/Vistula%E2%80%93Oder_Offensive) in January 1945 and restored to the [Republic of Poland](/source/People's_Republic_of_Poland). ==Cuisine== The officially protected [traditional food](/source/traditional_food) of Rychtal, as designated by the [Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Rural_Development_(Poland)), is ''kaszanka rychtalska'', a local type of [kaszanka](/source/kaszanka).{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/rolnictwo/kaszanka-rychtalska|title=Kaszanka rychtalska|website=Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl|access-date=8 December 2023|language=pl}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Rychtal}} {{Gmina Rychtal}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship Category:Kępno County Category:Populated riverside places in Poland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rychtal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rychtal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rychtal?action=history)). 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