Ligota-Panewniki
Katowice District
Ligota-Panewniki
Ligota-Panewniki
Location of Ligota-Panewniki within Katowice
Location of Ligota-Panewniki within Katowice
Coordinates: 50°13′36.79″N 18°57′45.38″E / 50.2268861°N 18.9626056°E / 50.2268861; 18.9626056
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
County/CityKatowice
Area
 • 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) 032
Vehicle registrationSK
Primary airportKatowice Airport
Websitedistrict portal dedicated to serve Ligota, Panewniki, Zadole, Kokociniec and Wymysłów districts

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ Urząd Miasta Katowice. "Katowice - Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego" (PDF) (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  2. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 130.
  3. ↑ "Polenlager Kattowitz-Idaweiche". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Kattowitz-Idaweiche". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2021.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.