Raków
Raków is located in Poland
Raków
Raków
Coordinates: 50°7′49″N 18°1′17″E / 50.13028°N 18.02139°E / 50.13028; 18.02139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyGłubczyce County
GminaGmina Baborów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
48-120
Area code+48 77
Car platesOGL

Raków [ˈrakuf] is a village in Gmina Baborów, Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It is situated on the Psina River.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word rak, which means "crayfish".[2][3]

As of 1861, the village had a population of 548, Poles and Moravians by ethnicity, Catholics by confession.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.
  3. ↑ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 186.
  4. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. p. 511.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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