| Radoszowice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Niemodlin |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1228 |
| Coordinates: | 50.7°N 48°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | OPO |
Radoszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niemodlin, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) north-west of Niemodlin and 300NaN0 west of the regional capital Opole.
The village was first mentioned under the Latinized name Radosevici in a document of Duke Casimir I of Opole from 1228, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. The name is of Polish origin and comes from the word radość, which means "joy".
Later on, the village was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the name of the village was Germanized to Rauschwalde to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E25 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[2] After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and the historic name was restored.
The Polish A4 motorway runs nearby, north of the village.