Miedzna
Miedzna | |
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Village | |
Church of the Annunciation in Miedzna | |
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Coat of arms | |
Miedzna | |
| Coordinates: 52°28′2″N 22°5′22″E / 52.46722°N 22.08944°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Węgrów |
| Gmina | Miedzna |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 07-106[1] |
| Vehicle registration | WWE |
Miedzna [ˈmjɛd͡zna] is a village in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the historical region of Podlachia.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miedzna.
History
Town rights were granted in 1470, revoked after 1500, and then restored in 1531.[3] Miedzna, also known in the past as Międzylesie, was a private town administratively located in the Drohiczyn County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[4]
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Miedzna was occupied by Germany until 1944. The local Polish deputy police chief and another policeman were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo podlaskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2021. p. 1.
- ^ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. pp. 639, 961. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
- ^ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». pp. 138, 451. ISBN 978-5-6041921-5-3.
External links
- Jewish Community in Miedzna on Virtual Shtetl