Lasaki Explained

Lasaki
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Coordinates:50.1894°N 18.2481°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Name2:Racibórz
Subdivision Name3:Rudnik
Total Type: 
Population Total:220

Lasaki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudnik, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-east of Rudnik, 120NaN0 north of Racibórz, and 540NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.

The name of the village probably originates from the word Lasok, which referred to the workers of the forest. For the first time mentioned in the fifteenth century as a hamlet Sławikowa Sławikowski called Upper Las.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Anna Bindacz: Gmina Rudnik - the land of castles and green. Racibórz: Wydawnictwo i Agencja Wydawnicza WAW Grzegorz Wawoczny, 2005, s. 20. . Racibórz: Publishing and the Publishing Agency WAW Wawoczny Gregory, 2005, p. 20