| Lichynia | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Strzelce |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Leśnica |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1223 |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.4167°N 31°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | OST |
| Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20090328093909/http://lichynia.info/ |
Lichynia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśnica, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-east of Leśnica, 110NaN0 south-west of Strzelce Opolskie, and 350NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Opole.
The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1223, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland.
In the 18th century, the village was annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 728.[2] During the Third Silesian Uprising, in 1921, the village was the site of a German massacre of captured Polish insurgents.[3] In 1936, the German administration renamed the village Lichtenforst to erase traces of Polish origin. The village became again part of Poland following Germany's defeat in World War II, and its historic name was restored.