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Ligota Dziesławska
Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word, related to Czech language, Czech: ''Lhota, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Language
Czech ( ; ), historically known as Bohemian ( ; ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 12 million people including second language speakers, it serves as the official language of the Czech Republic. Czech is closely related to Slovak, to the point of high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish to a lesser degree. Czech is a fusional language with a rich system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German. The Czech–Slovak group developed within West Slavic in the high medieval period, and the standardization of Czech and Slovak within the Czech–Slovak dialect continuum emerged in the early modern period. In the later 18th to mid-19th century, the modern written standard became codified in the context of the Czech National Revival. The most widely spoken non-standard variety, known as Common Czech, is based on the vernacular of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehota
Lehota () is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1308. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lehota was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 160 metres and covers an area of 11.005 km². It has a population of about 1804 people. Ethnicity The village is approximately 99% Slovak. Facilities The village has a public library and football pitch. It also has a multifunctional playground. See also * Krvavé Šenky Krvavé Šenky, literally "Bloody Inns", is a settlement of Lehota municipality, Slovakia. It is located on the road from Nitra to Hlohovec and with the municipality is connected with a dirt road. History The settlement is connected to the sett ... References External links *https://web.archiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellguth (other)
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Ellguth or Ellgoth is a German variant name for several Central European villages that derive their names from the medieval Slavic ''lhóta'' meaning "free or grace period", referring to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a period of 5–8 years. See also * Lehota * Ligota (other) * Lgota * Lhota * Ligotka, Opole_Voivodeship, Poland * Wola (settlement) Wola (, plural ''wole'', Latin: ''libera villa'', ''libertas'') was a name given to agricultural villages in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that appeared as early as the first half of the 13th century and historically constituted a separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudetes, Sudeten Mountains to the north. In 2023, the official population of Wrocław was 674,132, making it the third-largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and German Reich, Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a College town, university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rybnik
Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 mi) from the Czech Republic, Czech border. It is one of the major cities of the Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area with a population of 5.3 million and the main city of the so-called '':pl:Subregion Zachodni, Subregion Zachodni'', previously also known as the Rybnik Coal Area. With a population of 135,994 as of January 1, 2022, it is the 25th most-populous city in Poland. Rybnik is the center of commerce, business, transportation and culture for the southwestern part of the Silesian Voivodeship, a consolidated Consolidated city-county, city-county and the seat of a separate suburban Rybnik County, Rybnik county. Rybnik is particularly recognized for its contributions to music, with the Karol and Antoni Szafranek Secondary and Tertiary State School of Music, Szafrankowie School of Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it List of metropolitan areas in Europe#Polycentric metropolitan areas in the European Union, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union."''Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)''" – European Observation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biskupice, Miechów County
Biskupice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 .... References Villages in Miechów County {{Miechów-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
