Leźno
Leźno | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Palace in Leźno | |
Leźno | |
| Coordinates: 54°20′51″N 18°25′58″E / 54.34750°N 18.43278°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Kartuzy |
| Gmina | Żukowo |
| Population | 1,354 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Leźno [ˈlɛʑnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
Notable people
- Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski (1822 – 1896) a German violinist, conductor, and musicologist.
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 89 (in Polish)
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939, IPN, Warsaw, 2018, pp. 39, 42