Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word, related to Czech: lhóta (free or grace period), refers to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a period of 5–8 years.
Villages throughout Poland and other parts of Central Europe have variants of this name.
See: for a list of locations that include "Ligota" as part of their name.
The Official Polish Register of Territorial Divisions (TERYT, Krajowy Rejestr Urzędowy Podziału Terytorialnego Kraju) lists 8 primary places with the name Ligota: Ligota, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland) Ligota, Góra County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) Ligota, Trzebnica County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) Ligota, Łask County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Ligota, Sieradz County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Ligota, Gmina Raszków, Ostrów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) Ligota, Ostrzeszów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) Ligota, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
and 3 parts of places with the name Ligota: Ligota (colony in Sieradz County) in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) Ligota (Biskupice), part of the village of Biskupice, Miechów County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) Ligota (Kępiński county) a hamlet in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
In addition, there are a number of places not included in the TERYT: Ligota (Katowice) part of Katowice in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland) Ligota - Ligocka Kuźnia part of Rybnik in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland) Ligota (Wrocław) a housing estate in Wrocław in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
See also
Ellguth (disambiguation) Lehota Lgota Lhota Wola (settlement) Sloboda (settlement), a similar concept in Russian history