Ligota-Ligocka Kuźnia
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Ligota-Ligocka Kuźnia is a district of Rybnik, in Upper Silesia, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. in 2021, this district had 4,028[1] inhabitants
The district encompasses three historical settlements:
- Ligota (German: Ellguth),
- Ligocka Kuźnia (German: Ellguther-Hammer, Karstenhütte)
- Raszowiec (German: Ruschowietz or Raschowietz)
Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word refers to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a period of 5-8 years.
History
In 1740 a small steel mill, called kuźnia (a
Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic. Ligota (including Ligocka Kuźnia and Raszowiec) was absorbed by Rybnik in 1926.[2]
Monuments
References
- ^ "Ligota-Ligocka Kuźnia". www.rybnik.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ a b "Ligota-Ligocka Kuźnia" (in Polish). rybnik.eu. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
- ^ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Rybnik County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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