# Liegnitz, Silesia, Germany

**Historical place** (1945) — no longer exists under this name.
Renamed: [Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland](/pl/legnica-dolnoslaskie-poland-8533.md)
Liegnitz, Schlesien — ceded to Poland 1945, renamed Legnica. Meyers 1912 coordinate is 0 km from the stored pin. Name kept as recorded.

*Germany / Silesia*

city · pl · 51.2101, 16.1619

## Also known as
- Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia _(alias: Meyers exact unique match 'Liegnitz, Schlesien, Preussen' 51.2101/16.1619 -- identical to existing canonical row #11056 'Liegnitz, Silesia, Germany' (51.21006/16.1619, current, already Meyers-cited as modern Legnica).)_

## People
- [Johann Carl Friedrich Schiller](/p/johann-carl-friedrich-schiller-54124.md)
- [Ernst Gottlieb Obst](/p/ernst-gottlieb-obst-54439.md)
- [Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Huebner](/p/johann-friedrich-wilhelm-huebner-57387.md)

## Events
- 5 JUL 1818 — **Born**: [Johann Carl Friedrich Schiller](/p/johann-carl-friedrich-schiller-54124.md)
- 10 JAN 1841 — **Born**: [Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Huebner](/p/johann-friedrich-wilhelm-huebner-57387.md)
- 27 MAR 1843 — **Born**: [Ernst Gottlieb Obst](/p/ernst-gottlieb-obst-54439.md)