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Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Królów Las
Village
Królów Las is located in PolandKrólów LasKrólów Las
Coordinates: 53°48′43″N 18°41′58″E / 53.81194°N 18.69944°E / 53.81194; 18.69944
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyTczew
GminaMorzeszczyn
Population150
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGTC
Voivodeship roads

Królów Las is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Morzeszczyn, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Morzeszczyn, 32 km (20 mi) south of Tczew, and 62 km (39 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historical region of Pomerania.

History

Królów Las was a private church village of the monastery in Pelplin, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Polish Crown.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, several Poles from Królów Las were among the victims of large massacres of Poles carried out by the Germans in the Szpęgawski Forest as part of the Intelligenzaktion.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 120.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 150.
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