Rasselwitz

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Rasselwitz
Racławiczki
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Rasselwitz Racławiczki (Poland)
Rasselwitz Racławiczki
Rasselwitz
Racławiczki
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Opole
Powiat : Krapkowice
Gmina : Klein Strehlitz
Geographic location : 50 ° 28 '  N , 17 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '0 "  N , 17 ° 47' 0"  E
Residents : 876 ()
Telephone code : (+48) 77
License plate : OKR
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Katowice



View of Rasselwitz
Interior of the church

Rasselwitz (Polish: Racławiczki ) is a village in Upper Silesia . Rasselwitz is located in the municipality of Klein Strehlitz ( Strzeleczki ) in the Powiat Krapkowicki (Krappitz district) in the Polish Voivodeship of Opole .

geography

Geographical location

Rasselwitz is six kilometers west of the township seat Klein Strehlitz , 13 kilometers west of the district town Krapkowice (Krappitz) and 25 kilometers southwest of the voivodeship capital Opole .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Rasselwitz are in the northwest Sedschütz ( Dziedzice ), in the north Servitut ( Serwitut ), in the east Schiegau ( Ścigów ) and in the south Kujau ( Kujawy ).

history

The place was first mentioned in 1383 as Polonicalis Rastlowitz . In 1447 a church was first mentioned in the village.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 507 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 179 for Poland. Rasselwitz remained with the German Empire . On May 2, 1939, the place was renamed Roßtal . Until 1945 the place was in the district of Neustadt OS

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Racławiczki and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to Powiat Krapkowicki . On May 17, 2006, German was introduced as the second official language in the community of Klein Strehlitz, which Rasselwitz belongs to. On November 24, 2008, the place was also given the official German place name Rasselwitz .

Sights and monuments

  • Church from the first half of the 19th century with a baroque altar.
  • Rectory from 1836.
  • Chapel from the first half of the 19th century.
  • Memorial to those who fell in World War I and II.

societies

Web links

Commons : Rasselwitz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b website of the municipality , accessed on December 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento of January 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )