Elamur LocationsRacibórz
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Racibórz — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Raciborz — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- Ratibor — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- Ratiboř — Czech name encountered in English accounts of Silesian and Bohemian history.
French name
Racibórz — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Raciborz — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- Ratibor — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- Ratiboř — Czech historical-geographical form, relevant when French texts refer to Czech or Bohemian sources.
About
Racibórz is a city on the Oder in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. Its castle and old town recall its role as a ducal centre of Upper Silesia.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q25302 · JSON
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