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Wola (settlement)
Wola (, plural ''wole'') in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, (in Latin ''libera villa'', ''libertas'') was a name given to agricultural villages, appearing as early as the first half of the thirteenth century and historically constituting a separate category of settlements in Poland, by comparison to others, in terms of the populace used to settle them and the freedoms they were granted. These settlers were given plots of land and exemption for a certain number of years (up to 20) from all rents, fees, and taxes, and in most cases separate institutions and charters based on either the Magdeburg law, or its local variants. The names ''Wola'' or ''Wolka'' ("Little Wola"), usually qualified by an adjective, form part of the names of hundreds of villages in Poland. The practice of establishing ''wole'' is known as ''Wolnizna'' in Polish. Previously was known as ''lgota'' or 'ligota", which in Old Polish means "relief", referring to tax reliefs for settlers. Accordingly, quite a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania ruled by a common Monarchy, monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and List of Lithuanian monarchs, Grand Duke of Lithuania. It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th- to 17th-century Europe. At its largest territorial extent, in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth covered almost and as of 1618 sustained a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish language, Polish and Latin were the two co-official languages. The Commonwealth was established by the Union of Lublin in July 1569, but the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had been in a ''de facto'' personal union since 1386 with the marriage of the Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdeburg Law
Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted by the local ruler. Named after the German city of Magdeburg, these town charters were perhaps the most important set of medieval laws in Central Europe. They became the basis for the German town laws developed during many centuries in the Holy Roman Empire. The Magdeburg rights were adopted and adapted by numerous monarchs, including the rulers of Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania, a milestone in the urbanization of the region which prompted the development of thousands of villages and cities. Provisions Being a member of the Hanseatic League, Magdeburg was one of the most important trade cities, maintaining commerce with the Low Countries, the Baltic states, and the interior (for example Braunschweig). A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligota (other)
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:'' 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 Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligotka (other)
Ligotka may refer to the following places in Poland: *Ligotka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Ligotka is a village of 85 people in the administrative district of Gmina Prusice, within Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodes ... (south-west Poland) * Ligotka, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lhota
Lhota is a popular name of Czech villages, founded during the middle-age colonization in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. It is assumed that most of them were founded in the 13th century and the first half of the 14th century. The name was first mentioned in 1199. The inhabitants of newly founded villages had obligations towards suzerains, but those duties were usually suspended for a certain period (such as 5–8 years) as a compensation for felling of forests and making the land available for agriculture. This period used to be called "lhóta" (= 'grace period') and often became a part of the village name. There are about 500 villages called Lhota or a derivation of this name (Lhotka, Lhotice, Lhoty, Lhůty in the Czech Republic; Lehota or Lehótka in Slovakia). The largest of them is Ostrožská Lhota in the Uherské Hradiště District Uherské Hradiště District ( cs, okres Uherské Hradiště) is a district ('' okres'') within the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloboda
A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely translated as "(tax-)free settlement"."Sloboda" '''' (1890–1906) In modern Russia, the term is used to denote a type of a rural locality in |
Wola
Wola (, ) is a district in western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it underwent a transformation into an office (commercial) and residential district. Several museums are located in Wola, notably the Warsaw Uprising Museum. History First mentioned in the 14th century, it became the site of the elections, from 1573 to 1764, of Polish kings by the szlachta (nobility) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Wola district later became famous for the Polish Army's defence of Warsaw in 1794 during the Kościuszko Uprising and in 1831 during the November Uprising, when Józef Sowiński and Józef Bem defended the city against Tsarist forces. During the Warsaw Uprising (August–October 1944), fierce battles raged in Wola. Around 8 August, Wola was the scene of the largest single massacre by German forces in Poland, of 40,000 to 50,000 civilians. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wola (other)
Wola is a western district of Warsaw. Wola or WOLA may also refer to: Places *Wola, part of the district of Jeżyce in Poznań * Wola, Lipno County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Wola, Żnin County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Wola, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Wola, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Wola, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland) * Wola, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) * Wola, Bartoszyce County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Wola, Iława County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Wola, Kętrzyn County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Wola, Nidzica County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Wola, Węgorzewo County in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Wola, Mali Other uses *Wola people, an indigenous group of Papua New Guinea *Wola (settlement), a type of agricultural settlement in Poland from the 13th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
