Legnica Voivodship (Polish: województwo legnickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodship.
First mentioned in chronicles in 1004, Legnica is famous for the Battle of Legnica that took place at Legnickie Pole near the city on April 9, 1241 between the Mongols of the Golden Horde and the combined army of Duke Henry II the Pious.
Legnica became the residence of the dukes of Lower Silesia in 1163 and was the seat of a principality ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty from 1248 to 1675.
Legnica, along with Silesia, became part of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Middle Ages and part of the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria after the death of the Bohemian king Louis II in 1526.
First mentioned in chronicles in 1004, Legnica is famous for a battle that took place at Legnickie Pole near the city on April 9, 1241 between the Mongols of the Golden Horde and the combined Poles and Germans under Duke Henry II the Pious, supported by the feudal nobility including the Knights Templar.
Legnica became the residence of the dukes of Lower Silesia in 1163 and was the seat of a principality ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty from 1248 to 1675, when it passed into the domain of Austria after the death of the last Piast duke, Georg Wilhelm.
Legnica tends to be a left-of-center town with a considerable influence of workers' unions.
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