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Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship

village in Lubusz, Poland

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ6543257 ↗
Source-derived summary

Licheń [ˈlixɛɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie, within Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.

History

During World War II, the Germans enslaved Poles as forced labour in the village, and two Polish brothers, aged 23 and 21, were publicly executed by the Gestapo on 23 April 1942.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship” as village in Lubusz, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Licheń, Lubusz and Voivodeship.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Licheń, Lubusz and Voivodeship providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship”, the useful work is to connect “village in Lubusz, Poland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6543257. Authority coordinates are 52.900, 15.567. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship primary sources, Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship archive and Licheń research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Licheń, Lubusz Voivodeship” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.