Raciążek

Raciążek is a village in Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Raciążek. It is located in the region of Kuyavia.

History

Raciążek was a private church town, administratively located in the Inowrocław County in the Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
According to the 1921 census, the town had a population of 1,146, entirely Polish by nationality, 97.6% Roman Catholic and 1.8% Lutheran by confession.
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Raciążek was occupied by Germany until 1945.