Gmina Międzyrzecz

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Gmina Międzyrzecz
Międzyrzecz coat of arms
Gmina Międzyrzecz (Poland)
Gmina Międzyrzecz
Gmina Międzyrzecz
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lebus
Powiat : Międzyrzecz
Geographic location : 52 ° 26 '  N , 15 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '0 "  N , 15 ° 34' 0"  E
Height : 51 m npm
Residents : s. Gmina
Postal code : 66-300
Telephone code : (+48) 95
License plate : FMI
Economy and Transport
Street : S3 ( E 65 )
Rail route : PKP line 3 Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań (- Warsaw )
Next international airport : Poznan-Ławica
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure: 40 localities
18 school offices
Surface: 315.32 km²
Residents: 24,942
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 79 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 0803023
Administration (as of 2014)
Mayor : Remigiusz Lorenz
Address:
ul.Rynek 1 66-300 Międzyrzecz
Website : miedzyrzecz.pl



The Gmina Międzyrzecz [ mʲɛnˈʣɨʒɛʧ ] is a town-and-country municipality in the powiat Międzyrzecki of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland . The administrative seat of the Powiat and the municipality is the city ​​of the same name ( German Meseritz ) with around 18,300 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality is located in the east of the voivodeship about six kilometers from the border with the Greater Poland Voivodeship and about 40 kilometers southeast of Gorzów Wielkopolski (Landsberg an der Warthe) . There are 30 lakes in its area of ​​315 km². There is a nature reserve in Nietoperek .

history

Międzyrzecz became the seat of a powiat in March 1945 . Today's municipality came to the Poznan Voivodeship on July 7, 1945 , to the Zielona Góra Voivodeship in 1950 and to the Gorzów Voivodeship from 1975 to 1999 . The powiat was dissolved in 1975 and re-established in 1999.

In 1997, the eagle in the city's coat of arms, which had been wearing the Prussian insignia since 1924 , was replaced by the Polish one.

Partnerships

Between 1991 and 2001 the municipality entered into the following town and municipality partnerships:

structure

More than 25,000 people live in the urban-and-rural community. In addition to the town, the Międzyrzecz municipality includes 18 villages with a Schulzenamt and other small towns and settlements (number of inhabitants and German names in brackets):

  • Bobowicko (663) (Bobelwitz)
  • Bukowiec (860) (Bauchwitz)
  • Gorzyca (265) (Upper Görzig)
  • Kalsko (647) (Kalzig)
  • Kaława (352) (Kalau)
  • Kęszyca Leśna (611) (Kainscht)
  • Kuligowo (142) (Kulkau)
  • Kursko (301) (Kurzig)
  • Kuźnik (144) (copper mill)
  • Nietoperek (340) (Nipter)
  • Pieski (253) (Pieske)
  • Pniewo (285) (Osterwalde)
  • Szumiąca (155) (Schindelmühl)
  • Święty Wojciech (502) (Georgsdorf)
  • Wysoka (196) (high forest)
  • Wyszanowo (274) (wipe)
  • Żółwin (114) (Solben)

Other places without a Schulzenamt are:

  • Brzozowy Ług (Johanneshof)
  • Głębokie (Glembuch)
  • Jagielnik
  • Jeleniogłowy (Gumpertshof)
  • Kęszyca (Kainscht)
  • Kęszyca-Kolonia
  • Kolonia Nietoperek
  • Kolonia Żółwin
  • Kwiecie (Hohenbirken)
  • Lubosinek
  • Łęgowskie (Wilhelmsthal)
  • Marianowo (Marianowo)
  • Międzyrzecz-Wybudowanie
  • Rojewo (Rhyn)
  • Skoki
  • Wojciechówek
  • Zamostowo ( Saturday )

Museums

  • Museum in Międzyrzecz Castle
  • Fire Brigade Museum "Colonel Leon Kiszmanowicz" in Kęszyca Leśna.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Międzyrzecz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The Genealogical Place Directory