LegnicaSituated in an attractive region of Lower Silesia, Legnica is one of the first known Polish towns, though it now plays the role of a local provincial centre. Legnica has two faces: it is an ancient city with a multicultural past and an abundance of historical sights, and also a modern economic centre of the copper industry.
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The dynamic town of Legnica is mostly known as a minor industrial centre with several copper processing plants. It has over 100,000 inhabitants, being the third largest city of the province. Legnica is also visited as a transit town with the A4 Motorway and E65 running through it. However, Legnica also has many historical sights that are traces of its long history. Among them, the most interesting are the Medieval castle and Lubiaz Abbot House, which hosts the Musuem of Copper. There are also many old churches, including St. John’s, St. Peter’s and Paul’s and St. Mary’s. The Old Town district of Legnica has a nice market square with a Baroque Town Hall in its middle. Another noteworthy building is the Jesuits’ College.
GEOGRAFIJA
Legnica is situated in the Lower Silesian Province, some 60 km west of Wroclaw. The area of the town is crossed by three rivers: the Kaczawa, the Czarna Woda and the Wierzbak.
ISTORIJA
 The history of Legnica starts as early as the 9th Century, when the centre of the copper industry emerged there, but there were ancient settlements on this site even earlier, described by Ptolemy. First mentioned in 1149, it received city laws about a century later. Legnica was the capital of a separate duchy ruled by Piast princes under the Czech Crown for a very long period of time – the last ruler of the Piast dynasty died in 1675. Then the area fell under Habsburg and later Hohenzollern rule... ( daugiau >>) |
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