Leśna Jania

Leśna Jania
Village
Palace in Leśna Jania
Palace in Leśna Jania
Leśna Jania is located in Poland
Leśna Jania
Leśna Jania
Coordinates: 53°43′12″N 18°36′20″E / 53.72000°N 18.60556°E / 53.72000; 18.60556
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaSmętowo Graniczne
Population
 (2023)
323
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGST

Leśna Jania [ˈlɛɕna ˈjaɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Smętowo Graniczne, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Smętowo Graniczne, 28 km (17 mi) south of Starogard Gdański, and 72 km (45 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Leśna Jania was a private village of the Konopacki noble family of Odwaga coat of arms, administratively located in the Nowe County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Leśna Jania was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] Local Poles were also among the victims of the massacres in Zajączek, perpetrated by the German gendarmerie and Selbstschutz in 1939, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4]

Transport

The Polish A1 motorway runs nearby, east of the village.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 98.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 42.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 153–154.


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