Ligota - Panewniki (German: Ellgoth-Panewnik; also "Idaweiche") is a district of Katowice in Poland. It has an area of 12.59 km2 and in 2007 had 31,879 inhabitants.[1]
Ligota-Panewniki is famous due to the magnificent Franciscan Basilica, the headquarters of the Franciscan Assumption Province in Poland. During Christmas the church becomes a religious and tourist attraction due to its Christmas Nativity scene, which supposedly is the biggest in Europe.
ligota, panewniki, ligota, panewniki, german, ellgoth, panewnik, also, idaweiche, district, katowice, poland, area, 2007, inhabitants, katowice, districtlocation, within, katowicecoordinates, 2268861, 9626056, 2268861, 9626056country, polandvoivodeshipsilesian. Ligota Panewniki German Ellgoth Panewnik also Idaweiche is a district of Katowice in Poland It has an area of 12 59 km2 and in 2007 had 31 879 inhabitants 1 Ligota PanewnikiKatowice DistrictLigota PanewnikiLocation of Ligota Panewniki within KatowiceCoordinates 50 13 36 79 N 18 57 45 38 E 50 2268861 N 18 9626056 E 50 2268861 18 9626056Country PolandVoivodeshipSilesianCounty CityKatowiceArea Total12 59 km2 4 86 sq mi Population 2007 Total31 879 Density2 500 km2 6 600 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Area code 48 032Vehicle registrationSKPrimary airportKatowice AirportWebsitedistrict portal dedicated to serve Ligota Panewniki Zadole Kokociniec and Wymyslow districtsLigota Panewniki is famous due to the magnificent Franciscan Basilica the headquarters of the Franciscan Assumption Province in Poland During Christmas the church becomes a religious and tourist attraction due to its Christmas Nativity scene which supposedly is the biggest in Europe In September 1939 Panewniki was one of the sites of large massacres of Polish defenders of Katowice carried out by the Germans following the invasion of Poland which started World War II see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation 2 During the subsequent German occupation the occupiers operated two forced labour camps in Ligota one for Poles Polenlager 3 and one for Jews 4 Famous people editJerzy KukuczkaGallery edit nbsp Facade of the Basilica of Saint Louis in Panewniki nbsp Library in Ligota nbsp Modern housing in Kokociniec nbsp Edmund Bojanowski monument in PanewnikiReferences edit Urzad Miasta Katowice Katowice Studium uwarunkowan i kierunkow zagospodarowania przestrzennego PDF in Polish Archived from the original PDF on 2011 11 04 Retrieved 2011 06 16 Wardzynska Maria 2009 Byl rok 1939 Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczenstwa w Polsce Intelligenzaktion in Polish Warszawa IPN p 130 Polenlager Kattowitz Idaweiche Bundesarchiv de in German Retrieved 5 June 2021 Zwangsarbeitslager fur Juden Kattowitz Idaweiche Bundesarchiv de in German Retrieved 5 June 2021 nbsp This Silesian Voivodeship location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ligota Panewniki amp oldid 1199691123, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
