Racibórz poviat - Powiat raciborski

County coat of arms

Racibórz poviat - a district in southern Poland, located in the Silesian Voivodeship, created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is in the city of Racibórz.

Communication

There is a well-developed road network in the poviat, which is represented by two national roads and fifteen voivodeship roads. Moreover, there is a railway in the district. Air transport in the Racibórz district is impossible, and the nearest airports are:

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  Łężczok nature reserve
  Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport (approx. 80 km)
• Ostrava-Mošnov airport (approx. 60 km)
• Krakow-Balice Airport (approx. 140 km)

Geography

Church in Krzanowice

Cities

• Racibórz - the seat of the Racibórz poviat, it is located in the poviat center. According to data from February 28, 2006^[3] the city had 60 218 inhabitants. Racibórz is the historic capital of Upper Silesia, where the Dukes of Opole and Racibórz resided. Many valuable monuments have survived to this day, incl. castle chapel st. Tomasz Kantuaryjski, which they call the pearl of the Silesian Gothic. The city was the first in Poland and Europe to receive the ISO 14001 certificate.
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  Cistercian abbey in Rudy
  Krzanowice - the seat of the Krzanowice commune, located in the south-western part of the Racibórz district. According to data from December 31, 2004, the city had 2,206 inhabitants.
• The Racibórz Forge - the seat of the Kuźnia Raciborska commune, located in the north-eastern part of the Racibórz poviat. According to data from December 31, 2004, the city had 5,630 inhabitants.

Palace in Krzyżanowice

Municipalities

Ruins of the palace in Rzuchów

Monuments and tourist attractions

Piast castle in Racibórz

Krzyżanowice

• a palace from the 18th century with a gatehouse that belonged in the past, among others to the Lichnowski family. The palace was used by, inter alia, Franciszek Liszt and Ludwik van Beethoven. Currently, a care home for the handicapped run by the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters.

Flood protection embankment on the Oder river

The Racibórz Forge

• parish church st. Mary Magdalene
• cemetery from the end of the 19th century

Racibórz

• rebuilt Piast Castle with a unique Castle Chapel st. Thomas Becket from the 13th century
• gothic church of Of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• forest and pond reserve "Łężczok"
• Moravian Gate Arboretum
• The Market Square with the Marian Column from 1727 and the Church of St. James
• Museum presenting, among others exhibitions:
  • "A ritual year in Upper Silesia
  • "In the Land of Osiris" with the mummy of an Egyptian woman
  • "Ancient Dental Techniques"
• Church of the Holy Spirit from 1334, now a museum, in the church, apart from current exhibitions, you can see frescoes from 1635, depicting the adoration of the Blessed Euphemia and the Pentecost.
• Prison tower with a fragment of the preserved city walls.

Rudy

• former Cistercian Abbey
• Church of Of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ruda
• Historic Narrow Gauge Railway Station in Rudy

Tworków

• parish church st. Peter and Paul, a pearl of the Silesian Baroque, preserved and exposed sarcophagi from the 17th century.

Misery

• neo-baroque Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Rosary from 1908, was built according to the design of the architect Ludwig Schneider, and its builder is considered to be the then parish priest from Markowice near Racibórz, Fr. Alojzy Reif. The church has a way of the cross and a cemetery where Fr. prof. Alojzy Marcol.
• railway station from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It is situated next to a closed narrow-gauge railway.
• A medieval ring-shaped settlement from the 13th-14th centuries. Grodzisko is located about 800 meters east of the railway station (coordinates: 50 ° 9'30 "N 18 ° 18'13" E)

Babice (Nędza commune)

• A hunting manor from the 1880s, located in the Łężczok nature reserve. The palace was built in the 18th century by Cistercians from the nearby Rudy, after which two of them passed into the hands of the Dukes of Racibórz. After the war, the palace was converted into a forester's lodge, and at present the building is in ruins.

Wojnowice (Krzanowice commune)

• a palace in Wojnowice in the neo-baroque-classicist style from 1828, situated in a 4.5-hectare park, built by Carl Johann Kuh. In 1872, purchased and extended by the von Banck family. Currently, it houses: the House of Occasional Parties, the Museum of the Old Village, and the first in Poland Museum of Horror. There is also the Wojnowice Palace Association - yesterday, today, tomorrow.

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  Post Office in Racibórz

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  The Moravian Gate Arboretum in Racibórz

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  Palace in Chałupki

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  Church in Kuźnia Raciborska

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  Castle and palace complex in Jastrzębie

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  Palace in Krzyżanowice

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  Narrow-gauge railway station in Nędza

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  Palace in Wojnowice

Selected cultural events

• January:
  • Regional Christmas Carol Meetings of Singing Communities (Racibórz)
  • District Review of Christmas Stagings "Let's go to Bethlehem"
• February:
  • Silesian feast of special schools "Bajtel Gala" (Racibórz)
  • Silesian Feast (Krzyżanowice)
• March:
  • The International Pre-School Theater Review (Tworków, Krzyżanowice Commune)
  • Horse processions on Easter Monday (Racibórz-Sudół, Pietrowice Wielkie, Bieńkowice, Krzyżanowice commune)
• April:
  • Ecological heating fair (Pietrowice Wielkie)
  • National Festival of Ecological Song and Poem for School Children and Youth in Racibórz
• May
  • May Revel (Poverty)
  • Festival of State Youth Educational Centers KOWADŁO (Kuźnia Raciborska)
  • International concert in memory of Beethoven and Liszt (Krzyżanowice)
• June
  • Choral Song Festival "Trojok Śląski" in Rudy
  • Opava Day in Racibórz
• August
  • International cycling event (Racibórz)
• September
  • Racibórz Days
• October
  • National Art Competition "Colors of Autumn" (Racibórz)
  • The Religious Song Festival in Racibórz "I have met the Lord"
• November
  • Choral Song Festival to the words of Eichendorff
• December
  • Star of Hearts (Racibórz)

Gastronomy

Accommodation