Miedzeszyn
Neighbourhood of Warsaw, Poland
Neighbourhood in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
52°10′12″N 21°11′40″E / 52.17000°N 21.19444°E / 52.17000; 21.19444
Poland
MasovianMiedzeszyn is a neighbourhood of Wawer, a district of Warsaw, Poland.[1] Until 1951, it was a separate village.[2]
History
The village of Miedzeszyn existed as far back as 1580, when it was known as Miedziessin and 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]
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]
References
- ^ a b "Wawer. Dzielnica m.st. Warszawy". wawer.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b 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.
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