Królowy Most

Królowy Most [kruˈlɔvɨ ˈmɔst] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gródek, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.^[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Gródek and 21 km (13 mi) east of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has a population of 90.

History

Generalmajor Herrmann Karl Robert "Henning" von Tresckow was a Major General in the German Wehrmacht who organized German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler in March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government. He was described by the Gestapo as the "prime mover" and the "evil spirit" behind the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler.^[2] He committed suicide on the Eastern Front upon the plot's failure on the eastern front in Królowy Most.^[3]

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Fest, Joachim. Plotting Hitler's Death, 236
↑ Joachim Fest, Plotting Hitler's Death, 289–290

Gmina Gródek

Seat	Gródek

Other villages	Bagno Bielewicze Bobrowniki Borki Chomontowce Downiewo Dzierniakowo Glejsk Gobiaty Gródek-Kolonia Grzybowce Jakubin Jaryłówka Józefowo Kołodno Kondycja Kozi Las Królowe Stojło Królowy Most Kuberka Łużany Mieleszki Mieleszki-Kolonia Mostowlany Narejki Nowosiółki Pałatki Pieszczaniki Piłatowszczyzna Podozierany Podzałuki Przechody Radunin Ruda Skroblaki Słuczanka Sofipol Straszewo Stryjenszczyzna Świsłoczany Waliły Waliły-Dwór Waliły-Stacja Wiejki Wierobie Wyżary Załuki Zarzeczany Zasady Zielona Zubki Zubry

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