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Ligota Wielka is a village located in the Nysa district, in the Otmuchów municipality. The first mention of the town comes from the 14th century and concerns its owner – Piotr from Ligota. Until the end of the 19th century, it was the property of the Dukes of Oleśnica. A part of the village was the hamlet of Świerzyna with a mill grange, located on the Świerzyna stream. After 1945, the grange complex was parceled out and handed over for habitation to families of repatriates from the Eastern Borderlands. The village is located in the vicinity of Lake Otmuchów – a retention reservoir that was built in the years 1928-33. The reservoir belongs to the so-called Nysa Kłodzka Cascade, consisting of 4 water reservoirs (Topola Reservoir, Kozielno Reservoir forming Lake Paczków, Lake Otmuchów, and Lake Nysa) in the middle course of the river. Near the lake, there is a grey heron habitat unique on a national scale, and the waters of the lake are rich in numerous species of fish. In Ligota, there is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.