Königswartha, in Sorbian Rakecy (pronounced [ˈʁakɛtsɨ]), is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen and lies 20 km north of the eponymous city.

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Königswartha Rakecy
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Königswartha within Bautzen district
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Coordinates: 51°19′N 14°20′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Bautzen
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Swen Nowotny[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	47.04 km2 (18.16 sq mi)
Elevation	141 m (463 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,454
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	02699
Dialling codes	035931
Vehicle registration	BZ, BIW, HY, KM
Website	www.koenigswartha.net

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The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Upper Sorbian has an official status next to German, all villages bear names in both languages.

"Rakecy" means "men of the crab" (rak being Sorbian for "crab"). The village was mentioned the first time in 1350.

• Church in Königswartha
• Town hall
• Castle of Königswartha
• Old house in Königswartha
• War memorial
• Rest home

The municipality is situated in the Upper Lusatian flatland. The village stretches along the river Schwarzwasser.

Several villages belong to the municipality:

• Caminau (Kamjenej)
• Commerau (Komorow)
• Entenschenke (Kača Korčma)
• Eutrich (Jitk)
• Johnsdorf (Jeńšecy)
• Königswartha (Rakecy)
• Neudorf (Nowa Wjes)
• Niesendorf (Niža Wjes)
• Oppitz (Psowje)
• Truppen (Trupin)
• Wartha (Stróža)

Königswartha is member of the so called "Kaolinstädtepartnerschaft". It connects cities, which are connected to the mineral Kaolin. The partnership was established in November 2004. Aside Königswartha the members of this partnership are the bavarian cities Schnaittenbach, Tirschenreuth and Hirschau, from Saxony Sornzig-Ablaß and the city Mügeln, Nová Role from Czech Republic and Nowogrodziec from Poland.^[3]