Raczka
Encyclopedia
Rączka ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Korfantów
, within Nysa County
, Opole Voivodeship
, in south-western Poland.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
).
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Korfantów
Gmina Korfantów
Gmina Korfantów is an urban-rural gmina in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Korfantów, which lies approximately east of Nysa and south-west of the regional capital Opole....
, within Nysa County
Nysa County
Nysa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nysa,...
, Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
, in south-western Poland.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
The territorial changes of Poland after World War II were very extensive. In 1945, following the Second World War, Poland's borders were redrawn following the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 at the insistence of the Soviet Union...
).