Rac awice l skie

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rac awice l skie is a village located in the Opole Voivodeship (southern Poland), near the border with the Czech Republic. It belongs to the Prudnik County, in 2006 it was inhabited by 1600 people. Majority of inhabitants are descendants of Germans and Silesians expelled in 1945 from the area of Pomerania (see: Kresy), who replaced the expelled Germans (see: Expulsions of Germans after World War II). Until recently, Rac awice was a rail junction, with trains leaving in three directions - towards Nysa, K dzierzyn-Ko le and G ubczyce. Currently, the line Rac awice-G ubczyce is closed. The inhabitants of Rac awice l skie make up Silesians, Germans, Gypsies, French who came to Silesia during the French Revolution, Italians who settled in the 18th century, and Greeks & Armenians who settled in the region during the Ottoman persecution. Poles are considered a minority. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of G ogówek, 14 km (9 mi) east of Prudnik, and 42 km (26 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.... Mehr