# Kreis Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia

**Historical place** (1742 – 1945) — no longer exists under this name.
Succeeded by: [Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland](/pl/legnica-dolnoslaskie-poland-8533.md)
Landkreis Liegnitz, Lower Silesia, dissolved when the territory passed to Poland in 1945 and succeeded by powiat legnicki. Linked to the district seat Legnica (tree row 8533) for coordinates. Recorded name Liegnitz deliberately kept - Legnica is the modern row, not a rename of this one.

*Prussia / Silesia*

city · PL · 51.2000, 16.2000

## People
- [Carl August Schiller](/p/carl-august-schiller-54573.md)
- [Johanne Eleonore Atze](/p/johanne-eleonore-atze-58904.md)

## Events
- 1798 — **Born**: [Johanne Eleonore Atze](/p/johanne-eleonore-atze-58904.md)
- 23 NOV 1848 — **Born**: [Carl August Schiller](/p/carl-august-schiller-54573.md)