Rakoniewice

Rakoniewice is a town located in Grodzisk County, within Greater Poland Voivodeship, in western Poland. The population as of 2010 was 3,332 inhabitants. The town's historic core with its urban layout comprising 18th-century arcaded houses is registered as a Cultural Heritage Monument under protection.

==History== thumb|left|upright=0.8|Saints Martin and Stanislaus church As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. The settlement was recorded in 1252 and named after the komes of Greater Poland, Rakoń. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It received town rights in 1662 through the efforts of voivode of Poznań Krzysztof Grzymułtowski. In the 17th century Rakoniewice was associated with the settlement of so-called dissenters who favored property owners. The town became a center of crafts.