Webcam Raciborz. Ring at the intersection of Armia Krajowa and Zamkowa streets
Racibórz (German: Ratibórz, Czech: Ratibórz, Silesian: Racibärz) is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative center of the Racibórz county.
The city is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, the residence of the dukes of Racibórz from 1172 to 1521.
The town is located in the southwest of the province on the Upper Oder River, near the border with the Polish Opolskie Voivodeship and the Czech Republic. The Racibórz Basin (Kotlina Raciborska) forms the south-east extension of the Silesian Lowland, surrounded by the Opawskie Mountains in the west (part of the Eastern Sudetes), the Silesian Highlands in the north and the Moravian Gate in the south.
The city center is located about 75 km southwest of Katowice and about 160 km southeast of the regional capital Wroclaw.
As of 2019, the city has about 55,000 inhabitants. From 1975 to 1998 it belonged to the Katowice Voivodeship.
