Legnica

Legnica is a city in southwestern Poland, inside the important part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River left tributary of the Oder and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica turned into the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county and since 1992 the city has been the seat of a Diocese. As of 2017, Legnica had a populace of 100,324 inhabitants. The metropolis became first referenced in chronicles courting from the year 1004, even though previous settlements can be traced lower back to the 7^th century.

The name Legnica was referred to in 1149 under High Duke of Poland Boleslaw IV the Curly. Legnica became maximum probably the seat of Boleslaw and it became the house of the High Dukes that dominated the Duchy of Legnica from 1248 till 1675, while it become inherited by the Habsburgs after the dying of George William of Silesia. Legnica became famend for the fierce battle that passed off at Legnickie Pole close to the town on 9 April 1241 at some point of the Mongol invasion of Europe. The Christian coalition beneath the command of the Polish Duke Henry II the Pious, supported with the aid of nobles, knights and mercenaries, was decisively defeated by the Mongols.