Kolonia Ligocka
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Kolonia Ligocka | |
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Village | |
  Kolonia Ligocka | |
| Coordinates: 50°25′53″N 17°39′46″E / 50.43139°N 17.66278°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Prudnik |
| Gmina | Biała |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Postal code | 48-210[1] |
| Area code | +4877 |
| Vehicle registration | OPR |
Kolonia Ligocka (German: Ellguth Kolonie)[2] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland.[3] It is situated in the historical region of Prudnik Land.[4]
The village was established between 1842 and 1845.[5] It was named Ellguth Kolonie in German. In 1936, Nazi administration of the German Reich changed the village's name to Freigut.[2] Following the Second World War, the Polish name Kolonia Ligocka was introduced by the Commission for the Determination of Place Names on 2 April 1949.[6]
