Raczkowo should not be confused with Raczków.
Raczkowo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wągrowiec |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Skoki |
Coordinates: | 52.65°N 32°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Raczkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skoki, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) east of Skoki, 170NaN0 south of Wągrowiec, and 360NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Poznań.
The village has a church which lies on the Wooden Churches Trail around Puszcza Zielonka.
It was first mentioned in 1252 under the name Raskovcze. The name comes from the name of the owner, Raczek. In 1389, the recorded owner of Raczkowo was Florian Grochała Raczkowski of the Nałęcz coat of arms.[2]