Ligota
Sign in to saveLigota 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.
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ligota” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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