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Rachowice
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Also known as Rachowitz

Rachowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnicowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Key facts

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Rachowice
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Village
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Church of Holy Trinity
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Country
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Voivodeship
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Silesian
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County
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Gliwice
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Gmina
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Sośnicowice
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Founded
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13th century
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Poland
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right
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CET
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CEST

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • References

Rachowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnicowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

==Etymology== The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word rak, which means "crayfish".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rachowice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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