Bycina

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Bycina

Total population

888

Coordinates50.39°, 18.53°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bycina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ludwig Guttmann

German-British neurologist who created the Paralympic Games (1899-1980)

Franz Xaver von Ballestrem

German politician and entrepreneur (1834-1910)

Johannes von Welczeck

German diplomat (1878-1972)

B

Bernhard von Welczeck

German diplomat (1844-1917)

C

Carl Gemander

H

Heinz Kunert

German engineer (1927-2012)

M

Max Czopka

German architect

L

Louis Levin

German judge (1865–1939)

G

Günther Pawelke

German diplomat (1900–1976)

L

Lothar Krüger

Johann Wendt

German physician

F

Franciszek Długosz

I

Ignacy Dobiasz

Jan F. Lewandowski

Polish historian

J

Janusz Żmija

Polish economist

Józef Potyka

Polish lawyer, civil servant (1886-1955)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Silesia

• Niewiesze
  1.9 mi away · pop. 202
• Paczyna
  2 mi away · pop. 1,251
• Słupsko
  2.6 mi away · pop. 411
• Rzeczyce
  2.8 mi away · pop. 551
• Kleszczów
  3 mi away · pop. 781
• Paczynka
  3.1 mi away
• Boguszyce
  3.6 mi away · pop. 346
• Zawada
  5.7 mi away · pop. 310
• Sarnów
  6.1 mi away · pop. 408
• Łubie
  6.6 mi away · pop. 796
• Karchowice
  6.6 mi away · pop. 308
• Kopienica
  6.7 mi away

Browse all places in Silesia →

Recently spotted species

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-09-20

Waxyleaf Moss

Dicranum polysetum

Seen 2026-09-20

False Death-cap

Amanita citrina

Seen 2026-09-20

Fool's parsley

Aethusa cynapium

Seen 2026-09-20

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

Seen 2026-09-20

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-19

Soybean

Glycine max

Seen 2026-09-13

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-09-11

Blue-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda caerulescens

Seen 2026-09-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers