Raków, Opole Voivodeship

Raków
Raków is located in Poland
Raków
Raków
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 50°7′49″N 18°1′17″E / 50.13028°N 18.02139°E / 50.13028; 18.02139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyGłubczyce
GminaBaborów
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 south-western Poland. 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".

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

References

  1. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  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)