Racoviţa

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Racoviţa ({{lang-de|Rakovitza}} or ''Rakevets'', {{lang-hu|Oltrákovica}} or colloquially ''Rákovica'') is a village and commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 2,884 inhabitants (census 2002).

The first official mention of the then-village was in a May 22 1443 "gift" act of John Hunyadi. Church documents first mention the village in July 8 1647, when George I Rákóczi names Ion din Ţichindeal as archpriest over 17 villages around Sibiu, including Racoviţa. The rich history of the village is linked to the military border with Transylvania established by empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1765. At the time, Racoviţa was part of the 7th Company of the First Border Regiment in Orlat.

Starting in 1698, before the village was completely militarized, the village and its area were confronted with severe religious conflicts due to the decision made by the Alba-Iulia Orthodox Church to unite with the Catholic Church.

Soldiers and villagers participated enthusiastically in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Once the military border was abolished in 1851, important village members took initiative to manage the Regiment School Funds and became actively involved in the Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of Romanian People.

During World War I soldiers from Racoviţa were involved from 1916 to 1918 and received distinctions for fighting against "Russian Poland", Galicia, Albania, Italy, Serbia and even France.