- Source: Ligota
Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word, related to Czech: lhóta (free or grace period), refers to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a period of 5–8 years.
Villages throughout Poland and other parts of Central Europe have variants of this name.
See: All pages with titles beginning with Ligota for a list of locations that include "Ligota" as part of their name.
The Official Polish Register of Territorial Divisions (TERYT, Krajowy Rejestr Urzędowy Podziału Terytorialnego Kraju) lists 8 primary places with the name Ligota:
Ligota, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
Ligota, Góra County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
Ligota, Trzebnica County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
Ligota, Łask County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
Ligota, Sieradz County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
Ligota, Ostrów Wielkopolski County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
Ligota, Ostrzeszów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
Ligota, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
and 3 parts of places with the name Ligota:
Ligota (colony in Sieradz County) in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
Ligota (Biskupice), part of the village of Biskupice, Miechów County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
Ligota (Kępiński county) a hamlet in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
In addition, there are a number of places not included in the TERYT:
Ligota (Katowice) part of Katowice in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
Ligota - Ligocka Kuźnia part of Rybnik in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
Ligota (Wrocław) a housing estate in Wrocław in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
See also
Ellguth (disambiguation)
Lehota
Lgota
Lhota
Wola (settlement)
Sloboda (settlement), a similar concept in Russian history
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Gmina Prószków
- Gmina Syców
- Boguszyce, Opole
- Biała Prudnicka
- Szczodrów
- Prószków
- Herbert Maryon
- Katowice
- Ligota Wielka
- Ligota
- Ligota-Panewniki
- Ligota Mała
- Ligota Dolna
- Ligota Polska
- Ligota Tworkowska
- Ligota Strupińska
- Ligota Turawska
- Ligota Dobrodzieńska