Laskowa, Limanowa County

Laskowa is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Laskowa.

Tourism

• Marked trails of Island Beskids
• Three hotels
• T-bar lift
• Chair lift

Name

A local tale suggests that a king and his people found a hazel forest here, and he ordered the village to be built, calling it "wieś Laskowa" literally village of hazel.

Laskowa is a feminine noun, that sounds like adjective, means something related to:

• Polish "laska" literally stick (as in e.g. walking stick, stick of rock, or stick of dynamite) or .
• Polish "laskowy orzech" literally hazelnut.

People connected with Laskowa

• Józef Joniec, Polish Roman Catholic priest - born in Laskowa
• Pat Sajak, American television personality - his paternal grandfather was born in Laskowa

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