Ławica, formerly a village, is an official
neighbourhood and
administrative area
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
within
Grunwald, in the city of
Poznań,
Greater Poland
Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...
.
History
Its first mention was around the year 1400, where is it was a village within the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
of
Żabikowo (now a part of
Luboń).
Since the 20th Century it became a major transport hub especially with the
Poznań-Ławica Airport, which was captured by on 6 January 1919 in the
Battle of Ławica The Battle of Lawica was one of battles of the Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919). It took place on January 9, 1919: Polish rebels defeated German forces, capturing the Poznań-Ławica Airport, together with rich war booty, estimated at 200 mill ...
by the
Greater Polish insurgents together with equipment worth 200 million
ℳ including; 26 operational aircraft, around 400 dismantled ones, of which about 100 were suitable for scrapping; most of them were later completed and became part of the Polish military air force.
In 1940 the area was incorporated into the city limits. In 1977 the
Tor Poznań racing circuit was opened.
Currently it is also a major
residential neighbourhood with
detached and
semi-detached single family homes.
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Neighbourhoods of Poznań
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