| Radwanice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wrocław County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Siechnice |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.0583°N 17.1039°W |
| Population Total: | 2328 |
Radwanice (pronounced as /pl/,,[1] pronounced as /de/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siechnice, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[2]
It lies approximately 30NaN0 north of Święta Katarzyna and 9km (06miles) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village was first mentioned as Radwentitz in 1338. The name appeared in various forms such as Radwenticz, Radewanawicz (1353), Radwanicz (1382), villa Radwanitz (1579), Radvanitz (1651-52), Rattwanitz (1743), Radwanitz (1795), Radwanitz (1845), Radwancice, Radwanitz (1896), Wasserborn (1937), Radwanitz, Wasserborn (1941).[3]
The village is named after the personal name Radowan, was used to form Radwan by adding the suffix -ice 'of someone'. The name was Germanized as Radwanitz. During the Nazi era, the settlement was renamed to Wasserborn, in order to remove traces of its Polish origin. After World War II, the village was officially named Radwanice on November 12, 1946.[4]