Rąpice is a
village
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in the administrative district of
Gmina Cybinka
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Gmina Cybinka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the Germany, German border. Its seat is the town of Cybinka, which lies approximately south-east of Słubice, ...
, within
Słubice County,
Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the
German border. It lies approximately south-west of
Cybinka, south-east of
Słubice, west of
Zielona Góra, and south-west of
Gorzów Wielkopolski. It is located within the historic
Lubusz Land.
History
There are two archaeological sites in the village: one dating back to the
Lusatian culture and one dating back to the
Early Middle Ages
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.
[ The area formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century.][ The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document from 1232.][ In 1277, it became a possession of the ]Cistercians
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from Lubiąż.[ After Polish rule, it was ruled by the Margraviate of Brandenburg and Bohemia (Czechia). Despite the annexation of the territory by Brandenburg, the village was still inhabited by ]Poles
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in the 17th century, and there were church services in the Polish language
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.[ From the 18th century, it was part of ]Prussia
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, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany
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. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
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, in 1945, along with the right-bank Lubusz Land (portion situated east of the Oder River) the village became again part of Poland.
Sports
The local football club is Odra Rąpice.
References
External links
Rąpice/Rampitz
(German)
{{Authority control
Villages in Słubice County
Archaeological sites in Poland