Rataje, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Rataje.
Rataje
Village
Rataje is located in Poland
Rataje
Rataje
Coordinates: 51°16′12″N 16°31′27″E / 51.27000°N 16.52417°E / 51.27000; 16.52417
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyWołów
GminaWołów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDWL
Voivodeship roads

Rataje [raˈtajɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

Name

In a document of Pope Innocent III issued in 1201 in Segni, the village was mentioned under the Latinized Polish name Radtaj and confirmed as a possession of the monastery in nearby Lubiąż.[2] In a document of Bishop of Wrocław Wawrzyniec issued in 1217, the village appeared as Rataie.[3] The name is of Polish origin and there are several villages of the same name throughout Poland.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Grünhagen, Colmar (1884). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae (in German). Vol. 7. Josef Max & Comp. p. 65.
  3. ^ Grünhagen, p. 115–116


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