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: Template:Lookfrom 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 Poland)
• Ligota, Ostrzeszów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
• Ligota, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)

and 3 parts of places with the name Ligota:

• Ligota (colony in Sieradz County) in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Ligota (Biskupice), part of the village of Biskupice, Miechów County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
• Ligota (Kępiński county) a hamlet in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

In addition, there are a number of places not included in the TERYT:

• Ligota (Katowice) part of Katowice in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
• Ligota - Ligocka Kuźnia part of Rybnik in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
• Ligota (Wrocław) a housing estate in Wrocław in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)

See also

• Ellguth (disambiguation)
• Lehota
• Lgota
• Lhota
• Wola (settlement)
• Sloboda (settlement), a similar concept in Russian history