Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Racibórz
Racibórzrätsē'boosh, Ger. Ratibor, town (1994 est. pop. 65,300), Śląskie prov., S Poland, on the Oder River. A river port and rail junction, it also has industries producing electrical equipment, chemicals, wood products, and foodstuffs. Chartered in 1217, it became (1288) the capital of a free imperial principality. It passed with Silesia to the house of Hapsburg in 1526 and to Prussia in 1745. It was (1822–1918) the capital of the principality, after 1840 the duchy, of Ratibor. It was heavily damaged in World War II and was incorporated into Poland in 1945.
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Racibórz is a town in southern Poland with 60,218 inhabitants situated in the Silesian Voivodeship, previously in Katowice Voivodeship. It is the capital of Racibórz County.
The name Racibórz is of Slavic origin and comes from the name of Duke Racibor, the city's founder.
Until the end of the 5th century AD, the lands of the later Racibórz settlement were inhabited by East Germanic Silinger tribes.
Racibórz was one of five strongholds of the Slavic Golezyce, a proto-Polish tribe. Racibórz, as a stronghold, was mentioned in a work of the "Bavarian Geographer" in 845. It was the first historical capital of Upper Silesia. The Duchy of Racibórz was...more »
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Oder, Czech and Pol. Odra, river, 562 mi (904 km) long; the second longest river of Poland. It rises in the E Sudetes, NE Czech Republic, and flows generally NW through SW Poland, then N along...
