Ligota-Panewniki

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
Location of Ligota-Panewniki within Katowice
Coordinates: 50°13′36.79″N 18°57′45.38″E
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(s)(+48) 032
Websitedistrict portal dedicated to serve Ligota, Panewniki, Zadole, Kokociniec and Wymysłów districts

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.

Famous people

gollark: People do *tend* to focus on relatively insignificant bad things and ignore stuff mostly being fine and getting better.
gollark: So surely a murderer should be able to catch all lesser criminals.
gollark: There's that saying about how you set thieves to catch thieves.
gollark: Æ is no mere ligature. It is the ash symbol. Apioid.
gollark: Hmm, what if you could somehow *transfer* thermal energy *into* the car *from* room?

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.


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