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 beginning with "Ligota" for a list of locations that include "Ligota" as part of their name.
Ligota may refer to the following places in Poland:
- Ligota, Góra County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
- Ligota, Silesian Voivodeship (south 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)
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