The Commune of Legnickie Pole is situated on the Silesian and Lusatian Lowlands in the central part of the Province of Lower Silesia, 10 km from Legnica. The terrain is characterised by a monotonous landscape, which is gently waved and slightly going down in the north-west direction. It is a typical post-glacial landscape.

Near Mikolajowice there are old cristalline formations. Forrests take a small part and exist in the form of small dispersed areas. The commune is situated in the Wroclaw-Legnica termal region. The characteristic feature of the climate is big insolation. The vegetation period is the longest in the country and lasts 225 days. Winter is mild and short here - about 8 weeks. The summer lenght with an average temperature above 15' C lasts about 15 weeks. In this area there are mostly west and north-west winds. The commune is situated in the Kaczawa river-basin. Two rivers flow here - Wierzbiak and Chlodnik (right-bank tributaries of the Kaczawa River) and two smaller ones - Kopanina and Smug flowing into the Koskowice Lake. The Koskowice Lake is a mainstay of water birds. The commune is crossed by the A-4 motorway from the East to the West and an important railway Legnica-Katowice. Its advantages also are: direct neighbourhood to an airport in Legnica and to the Legnica Special Economic Zone.

History of Legnickie Pole is connected inseparably with dramatic events, that happened nearby on 9 April 1241. In this area, the Silesian Piast, the prince Henry II, called the Pious, leading the Polish knighthood supported by volunteers from the West, fought against a more numerous Tartar army and fighting till the end, he died. The field of this battle is remembered in our history as a place of one of the most important battles in history of Poland and Europe. According to our tradition, the beginning of Legnickie Pole is connected with finding the dead corpse of Henry II at the battle-field by St. Hedwig. In order to commemorate her son, she was going to fund a church, whose altar was situated exactly in the place, where the headless body of the prince was lying. The Benedictines from the Czech town of Opatowice were entrusted with protection of the church. The first secular settlers, who came to Legnickie Pole, arrived here in about 1270. In the times of Reformation, Legnickie Pole was taken over by protestants. The thirty-year war, which ravaged Silesia in the years 1618-1648, did not omit Legnickie Pole. The village was burnt by a detachment of Swedish reiters. At the beginning of XVIII century, its estates were highly in debt. Othmar Zinke (the abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Broumovo) took advantage this situation to regain his lost properties and bought them. Legnickie Pole was taken over by Benedictines again (13.12.1703). In 1723 construction works of monastery buildings were started. The works were going with a relatively high speed considering the times, so they were finished in 1733. However, Benedictines were not going to stay in this Polish area for long. As a result of the conquest of Silesia by Friedrich II, in 1741 Legnickie Pole was annexed to the militaristic Prussian monarchy. Finally, the decision of the Prussian government of 1810 on secularisation of monastery properties sealed a slow process of the monastery decline. Two years after the secularisation, Legnickie Pole was taken over by a private property. Paralelly, its functions, especially of the monastery buildings, started to evolve in a specifically Prussian manner. The former centre of religious and intelectual life was changed into the militarism centre. In 1761 the King Friedrich II himself stayed here. In 1813 there was the famous battle of Kaczawa near here (the commander general Gebhard Lebrecht Blücker was awarded for his virtues with the title of the prince von Wahlstatt).

In the years 1828 and 1835 there were great royal manoeuvres here. In 1836 it was decided to situate here a new military school. Because of the school's needs, the monastery buildings were reconstructed (the design author was Karl Friedrich Schinkel). In the years 1894-1898 the monastery buildings were reconstructed again because of increasing the number of Prussian soldiers. There was a military school here, where studied, among others, in the years 1859-1863 Paul von Hindenburg, the future field marshall and the Chancellor of the Reich. Because of demilitarisation of Germany after the Versailles Treaty, the school was changed into a civilian educational institution. In 1933 in Legnickie Pole a Nazi political school was founded. During the last war the prisoner-of-war camp for officers VIII f was situated here, where French, Yugoslav and Soviet officers were imprisoned.

Nowadays, the St. Hedwig Church is a parish church (the Roman-Catholic Parish). In the former St. Trinity Church the Museum of the Legnica Battle has been located (since 1960). The monastery buildings, after several changes of users, has been finally taken over by the Ministery of Health - the Nursing Home is located here.

Legnickie Pole is a place visited by more and more tourists, mainly because of the historical event of 1241 and a wonderful monumental church of the best international standard. While visiting Legnickie Pole, feel invited to our restaurant to have a good coffee, beverages, desserts and meals. It is a wonderful place to take a rest.