Lubań, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

54°7′13″N 18°9′44″E / 54.12028°N 18.16222°E / 54.12028; 18.16222Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyKościerzynaGminaNowa KarczmaPopulation

(2022)

1,007Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

83-422

Area code+48 58Vehicle registrationGKSVoivodeship roads

Lubań [ˈlubaɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Nowa Karczma, 12 km (7 mi) east of Kościerzyna, and 42 km (26 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Lubań was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.^[2] In 1939, the Germans also carried out expulsions of Poles.^[3] Local Polish teachers were murdered in the Dachau concentration camp.^[4]

Notable residents

Hellmuth Böhlke (1893–1956), Wehrmacht general

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 42.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 50. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 181.