Ławica, Poznań
Ławica, formerly a village, is an official neighbourhood and administrative area within Grunwald, in the city of Poznań, Greater Poland. History. 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.