Licze

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Licze

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_skyline = Licze - kapliczka.jpg

| image_caption = Wayside shrine in Licze

| image_flag =

| image_shield =

| image_map =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Kwidzyn

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Kwidzyn

| coordinates = {{coord|53|44|5|N|19|4|19|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = GKW

| elevation_m =

| population_total = 522

| website =

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Licze {{IPAc-pl|'|l|i|cz|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kwidzyn, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}} It lies approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} east of Kwidzyn and {{convert|76|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital Gdańsk.

During World War II, the German Stalag XX-B prisoner-of-war camp was located in the village for several weeks in December 1939–January 1940, before it was relocated to Wielbark near Malbork.Jan Daniluk, Wykorzystanie siły roboczej jeńców wojennych w XX Okręgu Wojskowym w latach II wojny światowej (zarys problemu), "Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny" Tom 35, Opole, 2012, p. 21 (in Polish)

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{{Gmina Kwidzyn}}

Category:Villages in Kwidzyn County

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