Laskowa is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Laskowa.
Tourism
Marked trails of Island Beskids Three hotels T-bar lift Chair lift
Name
A local tale suggests that a king and his people found a hazel forest here, and he ordered the village to be built, calling it "wieś Laskowa" literally village of hazel.
Laskowa is a feminine noun, that sounds like adjective, means something related to: Polish "laska" literally stick (as in e.g. walking stick, stick of rock, or stick of dynamite) or gal. Polish "laskowy orzech" literally hazelnut.
People connected with Laskowa Józef Joniec, Polish Roman Catholic priest - born in Laskowa Pat Sajak, American television personality - his paternal grandfather was born in Laskowa
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