Ławica | |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Coordinates: | 52.413°N 16.8277°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name2: | Greater Poland |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Poznań |
Subdivision Type4: | City district |
Subdivision Name4: | Grunwald |
Established Title1: | First mention |
Established Date1: | c.1400 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated into city limits |
Established Date2: | 1940 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 6312 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 60-XXX |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | (+48) 61 |
Code1 Name: | SIMC |
Code1 Info: | 1008021 |
Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle registration |
Registration Plate: | PO |
Ławica, formerly a village, is an official neighbourhood and administrative area within Grunwald, in the city of Poznań, Greater Poland.
Its first mention was around the year 1400, where is it was a village within the gmina of Żabikowo (now a part of Luboń).
Since the 20th Century it became a major transport hub especially with the Poznań-Ławica Airport, which was captured by on 6 January 1919 in the Battle of Ławica by the Greater Polish insurgents together with equipment worth 200 million ℳ including; 26 operational aircraft, around 400 dismantled ones, of which about 100 were suitable for scrapping; most of them were later completed and became part of the Polish military air force.
In 1940 the area was incorporated into the city limits. In 1977 the Tor Poznań racing circuit was opened.
Currently it is also a major residential neighbourhood with detached and semi-detached single family homes.