Miedzeszyn is a neighbourhood of Wawer, a

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. Until 1951, it was a separate village.

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 The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

river, and the east border, on the forests on the hills.

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 The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. Th ...

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. In 1926, the Włodzimierz Medem Sanatorium for children with

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, was opened in the village, by

General Jewish Labour Bund The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia ( yi, ‏אַלגעמײנער ייִדישער אַרבעטער־בונד אין ליטע, פּױלן און רוסלאַנד , translit=Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter-bund in Lite, Poy ...

and CISZO, and operated until 1942. During the

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, there was a

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for

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

population, that operated there until 20 August 1942, when it was liquidated.Czesław Pilichowski: ''Obozy hitlerowskie na ziemiach polskich 1939–1945''. Informator encyklopedyczny. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1979, p. 555. ISBN 83-01-00065-1. The village was incorporated into the city of

on 5 May 1951.Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 5 maja 1951 r. w sprawie zmiany granic miasta stołecznego Warszawy
''Journal of Laws'', 1951, no. 27, position 199.

References

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