Rakowice Wielkie | |
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Village | |
 Medieval knight's tower in Rakowice Wielkie | |
  Rakowice Wielkie | |
| Coordinates: 51°8′N 15°33′E / 51.133°N 15.550°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Lwówek Śląski |
| Gmina | Lwówek Śląski |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DLW |
Rakowice Wielkie [rakɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lwówek Śląski, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lwówek Śląski, and 105 kilometres (65 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word rak, which means "crayfish".[2][3]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 186.
- ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.