Miedzeszyn
Miedzeszyn is a neighbourhood of Wawer, a district of Warsaw, Poland.[1] Until 1951, it was a separate village.[2]
Miedzeszyn | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
 Lawinowa Street in Miedzeszyn. | |
 Administrative division of Wawer, including Miedzeszyn. | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′12″N 21°11′40″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Masovian |
| County | Warsaw |
| District | Wawer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
| Car plates | WT |
Administrative division and borders
The neighbourhood is divided into seven parts: Nowy Miedzeszyn, Miedzeszyn Wieś, Elżbietówek, Julianów, Świerczyna, and Zagódź. Its west border is based on the Vistula river, and the east border, on the forests on the hills.[1]
History
The village of Miedzeszyn, at the time known as Miedziessin excited as far as 1580, when it was located in Warsaw County, Warsaw Land. Masovian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[3] In 1926, the Włodzimierz Medem Sanatorium for children with tuberculosis, was opened in the village, by General Jewish Labour Bund and CISZO, and operated until 1942.[4] During the Nazi Germany Occupation of Poland in World War II, there was a ghetto for Jewish population, that operated there until 20 August 1942, when it was liquidated.[5] The village was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 5 May 1951.[2]
References
- "Wawer. Dzielnica m.st. Warszawy". wawer.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
- Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 5 maja 1951 r. w sprawie zmiany granic miasta stołecznego Warszawy. Journal of Laws, 1951, no. 27, position 199.
- Adolf Pawiński: Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. vol. 5: Mazowsze. Warsaw, 1895, p. 251.
- Gertrud Pickhan: Medem Sanatorium. in: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 2010.
- Czesław Pilichowski: Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich 1939–1945. Informator encyklopedyczny. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1979, p. 555. ISBN 83-01-00065-1.
