Ligota Toszecka

Ligota Toszecka
	Ligota Toszecka
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Gliwicki
Gmina :	Toszek
Geographic location :	50 ° 27 '  N , 18 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '1 "  N , 18 ° 27' 35"  E
Residents :	306 (2008)
Postal code :	44-180
Telephone code :	(+48) 032
License plate :	SGL
Economy and Transport
Rail route :	Pyskowice – Opole
Next international airport :	Katowice

Ligota Toszecka ( German Ellguth-Tost ) is a village in Upper Silesia in the municipality of Toszek (Tost) in the powiat Gliwicki of the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Ligota Toszecka is five kilometers west of the township Toszek , 24 kilometers northwest of the district town Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and 45 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Ligota Toszecka are Kotulin (Groß Kottulin) in the west, Pawłowice (Pawlowitz bei Tost) in the east and Niekarmia (Niekarm) in the south .

history

church

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1305.

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 57 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 171 for Poland. Ellguth-Tost remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 423 inhabitants. In 1939 the place had 506 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Ligota Toszecka and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Gliwicki and the new Silesian Voivodeship .

Web links

Commons : Ligota Toszecka  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )