Lubań, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lubań is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 4 km south-west of Nowa Karczma, 12 km east of Kościerzyna, and 42 km 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. In 1939, the Germans also carried out expulsions of Poles. Local Polish teachers were murdered in the Dachau concentration camp.

Notable residents

 * Hellmuth Böhlke (1893–1956), Wehrmacht general