Raczyce, Jawor County

For other places with the same name, see Raczyce (disambiguation).
Raczyce
Village
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
Powiat Jawor
Gmina Męcinka

Raczyce [raˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] (German: Rätsch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Męcinka, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 51°02′27″N 16°04′48″E / 51.04083°N 16.08000°E / 51.04083; 16.08000

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