Mierczany
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lebus | ||
| Powiat : | Sulęciński | ||
| Gmina : | Torzym | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 17 ' N , 14 ° 56' E | ||
| Residents : | 90 (2010) | ||
| Postal code : | 66 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 68 | ||
| License plate : | FSU | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Ext. 139 : Górzyca - Debrznica | ||
| Rail route : | Wrocław – Szczecin | ||
| Next international airport : | Poznan-Ławica | ||
| Berlin Schoenefeld | |||
Mierczany ( German Hildesheim ) is a Polish village in the municipality of Torzym ( Sternberg ), Lebus Voivodeship , near Rzepin ( Reppen ). It belongs to the Powiat Sulęciński , and has about 90 inhabitants.
geography
The place is located in the northwest of the Lubusz Voivodeship in the extensive forests of the Reppen Heath (Puszcza Rzepińska). Mierczany is located on Voivodship Road 139, which leads from Górzyca via Rzepin to Debrznica. At Rzepin, the highway crosses the Berlin – Poznań motorway , which means that the town is well connected to the European trunk road network. The railway line Wroclaw – Szczecin runs approx. 1.3 km from the village. The nearest train station, Gądków Wielki (Groß Gandern), is 4 kilometers away. Frankfurt (Oder) is 30 kilometers away.
history
The village of Mierczany developed around the Hildesheim estate (Gut Hildesheim in der Neumark), which changed hands in 1775 for 7,250 thalers and in 1796 for 17,000 thalers. The official place name was until 1945 "Hildesheim b. Reppen", which was then in the Brandenburg district of Weststernberg (formerly Sternberg district (Brandenburg) ). The village of Hildesheim and its district town Reppen were in the eastern part of the Mark Brandenburg, the Neumark. During the times of the People's Republic of Poland , a state-owned agricultural enterprise "PGR" (GDR: VEG Volkseigenes Gut ) was set up in Mierczany . From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to the Zielona Góra Voivodeship (Grünberg).
Architectural monuments
The following architectural monument is entered in the register of the national institute for cultural heritage:
- Filialkirche St.Joseph - A half-timbered church built at the end of the 18th century.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Portret miejscowości statystycznych w gminie Torzym (powiat sulęciński, województwo lubuskie) w 2010 r. Online query
- ^ Considerations on the national wealth of the Prussian state and ..., Volume 1 by Leopold Krug [1] , accessed on November 23, 2013.