Rataje, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Rataje.

Rataje
Village
Rataje
Coordinates: 51°16′12″N 16°31′27″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Wołów
Gmina	Wołów
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DWL
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