Laskowa, Limanowa County

Laskowa (feminine noun) is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Laskowa. It is located approximately 8 km north of Limanowa and 50 km south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

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 gal.
 * Polish "laskowy orzech" literally hazelnut.

People connected with Laskowa

 * Józef Joniec - born in Laskowa
 * Pat Sajak - his paternal grandfather was born in Laskowa.