Lichynia [liˈxɨɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśnica, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1223, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland.

[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.