Legnickie Pole

History

The territory became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. The village was the site of the decisive Battle of Legnica during the first Mongol invasion of Poland on 9 April 1241. In the battle, Mongols led by Kadan and Baidar defeated a Polish army aided by western volunteers under command of Polish ruler Henry II the Pious. The Mongols annihilated their opponents and joined with the main army in Hungary, but upon receiving the news of the death of their Grand Khan Ögedei Khan, they turned back to attend to the election of a new Khagan, or Grand Khan. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies, the village was part of the Duchy of Silesia until 1248 and the Duchy of Legnica afterwards, remaining under the rule of the Piast dynasty until its extinction in 1675. Afterwards it was incorporated into the Habsburg-ruled Kingdom of Bohemia. During the Thirty Years' War the village was plundered by the Swedes. In March 1943, the Germans established the Oflag 64 POW camp for Yugoslav officers and Soviet enlisted men, which was relocated to Szubin in May 1943. The village became again part of Poland following the Nazi Germany's defeat in the war, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the 1980s. The German-speaking population was expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement. The village was given its current Polish name Legnickie Pole ("Field of Legnica", from 1945 to 1948 it was named Dobre Pole ["Good Field"]). During World War II, Legnickie Pole (then Wahlstatt) became a site for secret German military research. Following the closure of the main Oflag VIII-F prisoner-of-war camp, the historic Benedictine Abbey complex was handed over to **GEMA** (Gesellschaft für elektroakustische und…

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  322
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  284
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  276
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  257
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  230
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  224
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  187
• Yellowhammer

  Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  186

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2026-08-12
  5 km N of Polkowice, Poland
• M 3.9 — 2026-07-18
  4 km N of Polkowice, Poland
• M 4 — 2026-07-18
  0 km E of Polkowice, Poland
• M 4.9 — 2026-07-11
  2 km W of Polkowice, Poland
• M 4.2 — 2026-05-03
  6 km E of Radwanice, Poland
• M 4.2 — 2026-01-21
  5 km E of Polkowice, Poland