Racibórz
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Market place with Marian column
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 Racibórz
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| Coordinates: 50°5′N 18°14′E / 50.083°N 18.233°E | |||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Silesian | ||
| County | Racibórz County | ||
| Gmina | Racibórz (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 12th century | ||
| City rights | 1217 | ||
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| • Mayor | Mirosław Lenk (PO) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 74.96 km2 (28.94 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • City | 56,397 | ||
| • Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 115,164 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 47-400 to 47-445 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 32 | ||
| Car plates | SRC | ||
| Website | www.raciborz.pl | ||
| Duchy of Ratibor | ||||||||||
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Herzogtum Ratibor (de) Księstwo Raciborskie (pl) |
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| Vassal of Bohemia | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Ratibor (Racibórz) | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
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Přemyslids acquired city from Piast Poland |
1336 1336 |
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Congress of Vienna: Mediatised to Prussia |
June 9, 1815 1815 |
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Racibórz [raˈt͡ɕibuʂ] (German: Ratibor, Czech: Ratiboř, Silesian: Raćibůrz) is a town in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County.
With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being the residence of the Dukes of Racibórz from 1172 to 1521.
The town is situated in the southwest of the voivodeship on the upper Oder river, near the border with the Polish Opole Voivodeship and the Czech Republic. The Racibórz Basin (Kotlina Raciborska) forms the southeastern extension of the Silesian Lowlands, surrounded by the Opawskie Mountains in the west (part of the Eastern Sudetes), the Silesian Upland in the north, and the Moravian Gate in the south. The town centre is located about 75 kilometres (47 mi) southwest of Katowice and about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southeast of the regional capital Wrocław.
As of 2014[update], the town has a population of approximately 56,000 inhabitants. From 1975 to 1998, it belonged to Katowice Voivodeship.
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