The village of Rudziniec, which is also the seat of the commune, is situated in the district of Gliwice. The original name of the village was Rudno Małe. It was mentioned as early as 1305. The development of the area in the nineteenth century was associated with the construction of a steelworks. At the end of the third Silesian Uprising, the insurgent headquarters was set up in the Rudziniec palace, which, apart from the wooden church, is the main monument in the village. It was built in the neo-Classicist style in the midnineteenth century. The building now houses several institutions.