Rybnica, Karkonosze County

Rybnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kamienica, within Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 4 km east of Stara Kamienica, 9 km west of Jelenia Góra, and 103 km west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word ryba, which means "fish".

In the 1940s, several members of the Home Army resistance organization, fled persecution in Niedrzwica Duża and settled in Rybnica, where they continued their activities, and maintained contact with the resistance in nearby Jelenia Góra.

Transport
The national road 30 passes through Rybnica, and there is a railway station in the village.