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Łężyce, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

54°31′51″N 18°22′38″E / 54.53083°N 18.37722°E / 54.53083; 18.37722Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyWejherowoGminaWejherowoPopulation

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Łężyce [wɛ̃ˈʐɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Wejherowo and 25 km (16 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

Łężyce was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2]

Notable people

Edmund Roszczynialski [pl] (1888–1939), Polish Catholic priest, activist, member of the Polish resistance movement in partitioned Poland, and founder of the Polska Żyje Polish resistance organisation during World War II, murdered by the Germans in Cewice^[3]
Hipolit Roszczynialski [pl] (1897–1939), Polish activist and soldier, murdered by the Germans in the Massacres in Piaśnica during World War II

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 100.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Edmund Roszczynialski" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.