Rajkowy

Rajkowy (historical names: Raicovo, Raycow, Raichowe, Reykow, Reichenek; Kashubian: Rôjkòwë; Raikau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pelplin, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is a historically significant village in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

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Settlement.name: Rajkowy
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Rôjkòwë - kòscół.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Saint Bartholomew church in Rajkowy
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Pomeranian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tczew
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Pelplin
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement.population_total: 1677

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Official name: Rajkowy
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Pelplin
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Rôjkòwë - kòscół.JPG
Licence plate code: GTC

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==History== Rajkowy finds its first mention in history in 1224 in the context of the donation of some of its lands to the Oliwa Abbey by Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania. The village was deeded in its entirety to the Abbey by Mestwin II in 1289. Rajkowy was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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