Legnica is a town in southwestern Poland, in Silesia, in the central
part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa (left
tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December
1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the
seat of the county. Since 1992 the city has been the seat of the Diocese of
Legnica
