Ligota Dolna (Strzelce Opolskie)
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Strzelce Opolskie | ||
| Gmina : | Strzelce Opolskie | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 30 ' N , 18 ° 7' E | ||
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| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | EAST | ||
Ligota Dolna (German: Nieder Ellguth ) is a village in Poland in Upper Silesia in the municipality of Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz) in the Powiat Strzelecki in the Opole Voivodeship .
geography
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Geographical location
Ligota Dolna is located 12 kilometers west of the municipality and the district town Strzelce Opolskie and 25 kilometers southeast of the voivodeship capital Opole .
Neighboring places
Neighboring towns of Ligota Dolna are Dąbrówka (Dombrowka) in the west, Sprentschütz ( Sprzęcice ) in the north, Niwki (Niewke) and Ligota Górna (Ober Ellguth) in the east and Oleszka (Oleschka) in the south .
history
In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 68 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 56 for Poland. Nieder Ellguth remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 159 inhabitants. In 1939 the place had 134 inhabitants.
In 1925 an airfield for gliders was built on the Steinberg near Nieder Ellguth. The airfield was followed by the construction of the Oberschlesien glider pilot's home . The airfield was taken over by the National Socialist Air Corps in the 1930s . At the beginning of the war on September 1, 1939, Stuka took off from another airfield near Nieder Ellguth to bomb the nearby Polish city of Wieluń .
Until 1945 the place was in the district of Groß Strehlitz . In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Ligota Dolna and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Opole Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Strzelecki .
Attractions
- South of Ligota Dolna is a lime kiln that has been preserved to this day . Is located at the front of which an Icarus - relief , which commemorates the death of a pilot at this point. This relief, which represented the symbol of the National Socialist Air Corps (NSFK), was attached after a pilot with his glider crashed into this lime kiln in 1938.
- Some buildings have been preserved from the former airfield, including a wooden hangar.
- Wayside chapel
- Stone wayside cross
societies
Individual evidence
- ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b About the airfield ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Journal "Oberschlesien im Bild": Issue 44, 1931
- ↑ Article on the bombing: One day (Spiegel Online): Stukas over Wielun ; Zeit Online: target destroyed
- ↑ Presentation of the places in the Strzelce Opolskie municipality: PDF ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chapels, wayside shrines and wayside crosses in the Groß Strehlitz district
Błotnica Strzelecka (Blottnitz) | Brzezina (Bresina) | Dziewkowice (Schewkowitz) | Grodzisko (Grodisko) | Jędrynie (Jendrin) | Kadłub (Kadlub) | Kadłubski Piec (blast furnace) | Kalinowice (Kalinowitz) | Kalinów (Kalinow) | Ligota Dolna (Nieder Ellguth) | Ligota Górna (Ober Ellguth) | Niwki (Niewke) | Osiek (Oschiek) | Płużnica Wielka (Groß Pluschnitz) | Rozmierka (Rosmierka) | Rozmierz (Rosmierz) | Rożniątów (Rosnion Dew) | Strzelce Opolskie (Groß Strehlitz) | Sucha (Suchau) | Szczepanek (Stephanshain) | Szymiszów (Schimischow) | Warmątowice (Warmuntowitz)