Raszowa, Opole County

For other places with the same name, see Raszowa.

Raszowa
Village
Coat of arms
Raszowa
Coordinates: 50°35′55″N 18°7′50″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Opole
Gmina	Tarnów Opolski
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	OPO

Raszowa [raˈʂɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnów Opolski, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Tarnów Opolski and 16 km (10 mi) south-east of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word raszka, which means "robin".[2]

The village has a significant German minority and has been officially bilingual (Polish and German) since 2007.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.