Laskowa, Limanowa County

Laskowa
Laskowa
Village
	Church
	Laskowa
	Coordinates: 49°45′46″N 20°27′8″E / 49.76278°N 20.45222°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Limanowa
Gmina	Laskowa
Highest elevation	760 m (2,490 ft)
Lowest elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population	3,140

Laskowa [lasˈkɔva] (feminine noun) is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Laskowa. It is located approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Limanowa and 50 km (31 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.^[2]

Tourism

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 - born in Laskowa
Pat Sajak - his paternal grandfather was born in Laskowa.

References

This Limanowa County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Wieś Laskowa (Małopolskie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, noclegi, atrakcje, kod pocztowy, regon, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, zabytki, statystyki, tabele, linie kolejowe".

[TERYT-2] "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

[1]

[2]