Mierzeszyn

Mierzeszyn [mjɛˈʐɛʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trąbki Wielkie, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Trąbki Wielkie, 16 km (10 mi) south-west of Pruszcz Gdański, and 24 km (15 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Mierzeszyn
Village
Saint Bartholomew church in Mierzeszyn
Mierzeszyn
Coordinates: 54°12′8″N 18°25′1″E / 54.20222°N 18.41694°E / 54.20222; 18.41694
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Gdańsk
Gmina	Trąbki Wielkie
Population	800
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Mierzeszyn was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2] In the past it was also called Miereszyn (1686), Miereszczyn (1717), and Mierzyszyn.^[3]

During the World War II, on November 17, 1939, the Germans murdered the local Polish priest in the nearby village of Nowy Wiec (see Intelligenzaktion).^[4]

There are two historic churches in the village: the Saint Bartholomew church and the Sacred Heart church.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 110, 112 (in Polish)
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Vol. VI, Warsaw, 1885, p. 359 (in Polish)
4. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 155 (in Polish)