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Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Leźno
Village
Palace in LeźnoPalace in Leźno
Leźno is located in PolandLeźnoLeźno
Coordinates: 54°20′51″N 18°25′58″E / 54.34750°N 18.43278°E / 54.34750; 18.43278
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKartuzy
GminaŻukowo
Population1,354
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Leźno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Żukowo, 16 km (10 mi) east of Kartuzy, and 14 km (9 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Leźno was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

During the German occupation (World War II), Leźno was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.

Notable people

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 89 (in Polish)
  3. The Pomeranian Crime 1939, IPN, Warsaw, 2018, pp. 39, 42
Gmina Żukowo
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