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Łęczyca (other)
Łęczyca may refer to the following places in Poland: *Łęczyca, a town in Łódź Voivodeship *Łęczyca, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Łęczyca, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Łęczyca, Bełchatów County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Łęczyca, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Łęczyca, Warsaw, a neighbourhood of Warsaw, in Masovian Voivodeship (central Poland) *Łęczyca, West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) See also * {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łęczyca
Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the Łęczyca County. Origin of the name The town was probably named after a West Slavic ( Lechitic) tribe called Leczanie, which inhabited central Poland in the early Middle Ages. Some scholars however claim that the town was named after an Old Polish word łęg, which means a swampy plain. In medieval Latin documents, Łęczyca is called Lonsin, Lucic, Lunciz, Lantsiza, Loncizia, Lonsitia and Lunchicia. In the early 12th century, Gallus Anonymus called Łęczyca "Lucic", and in 1154, Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi named it Nugrada, placing it among other main towns of the Kingdom of Poland, such as Kraków, Sieradz, Gniezno, Wrocław and Santok. Location Łęczyca lies in the middle of the county, and has the area of . In the past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
