| Leśna Jania | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Starogard |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Smętowo Graniczne |
| Coordinates: | 53.72°N 18.6056°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 323 |
| Registration Plate: | GST |
Leśna Jania is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Smętowo Graniczne, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-west of Smętowo Graniczne, 280NaN0 south of Starogard Gdański, and 720NaN0 south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
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]
The Polish A1 motorway runs nearby, east of the village.