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4 unusual facts about Ruda


Buško Blato

The governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (republics within Yugoslavia at the time) worked together on a project to build a hydroelectric power plant in Ruda (municipality of Otok in Croatia) called Orlovac that would have an output of 237 MW and an average annual yield of 366 GWh.

Georg Knorr

Theodor Georg Knorr (born November 13, 1859 in Ruda, West Prussia; died April 15, 1911 in Davos, Switzerland), was an engineer and entrepreneur on the field of railroad technology and founder of the company Knorr-Bremse.

Marian Sowiński

Gen. Marian Sowiński (b. August 26, 1951 in Ruda, Poland) is a Polish general.

Reverse overshot water-wheel

According to Oliver Davies, one such sequence discovered at Ruda in Hunedoara County in modern Romania was 75 metres in depth, or over 200 feet.


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Karl Godulla

A subdivision of Ruda Śląska (Godula, de:Godullahütte) has historically been named after Carolus Godulla.

La Ruda

The group was initially called La Ruda Salska, a name inspired by the Polish town: Ruda Śląska; but also by their musical tastes (rock, ska, salsa), and the type of music they produced.

Marie Renard

Born Marie Pölzl, she first studied voice with Louise Weinlich-Tipka in her native city of Graz and later in Berlin with Rosa de Ruda.

Operation Eland

On 5 August 1976, a group of 60 ZANLA guerrillas entered Rhodesia from Mozambique and attacked a military base at Ruda, near Umtali.

Stanisław Tołpa

Stanislaw Tołpa (b. 3 November 1901 in Ruda Łańcucka - d. 11 October 1996 in Wrocław) - professor of botany, has developed peat preparation called by his name.

Stara Rudna

The place, originally called Ruda, may have developed out of an old Slavic castle and a church built in approximately 1100 by Piotr Włostowic of Dunin, though no documents are saved.


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