Królów Las Explained

Królów Las
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Tczew
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Morzeszczyn
Coordinates:53.8119°N 18.6994°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:150
Registration Plate:GTC
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Królów Las is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Morzeszczyn, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south of Morzeszczyn, 320NaN0 south of Tczew, and 620NaN0 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.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Biskup. Marian. Tomczak. Andrzej. 1955. Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.. pl. Toruń. 120.
  3. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 150.