Miedzeszyn

Miedzeszyn
Neighbourhood
Lawinowa Street in Miedzeszyn.
Coordinates: 52°10′12″N21°11′40″E / 52.17000°N 21.19444°E / 52.17000; 21.19444
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

Miedzeszyn 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

1. "Wawer. Dzielnica m.st. Warszawy". wawer.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
2. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 5 maja 1951 r. w sprawie zmiany granic miasta stołecznego Warszawy. Journal of Laws, 1951, no. 27, position 199.
3. Adolf Pawiński: Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. vol. 5: Mazowsze. Warsaw, 1895, p. 251.
4. Gertrud Pickhan: Medem Sanatorium . in: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 2010.
5. Czesław Pilichowski: Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich 1939–1945. Informator encyklopedyczny. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1979, p. 555. ISBN 83-01-00065-1.