Mierzeszyn
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Mierzeszyn | |
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Village | |
 Saint Bartholomew's Church in Mierzeszyn | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Mierzeszyn | |
| Coordinates: 54°12′8″N 18°25′1″E / 54.20222°N 18.41694°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Gdańsk |
| Gmina | Trąbki Wielkie |
| Population | 800 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Mierzeszyn [mjɛˈʐɛʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trąbki Wielkie, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
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's Church and the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
