Miedzeszyn is a neighbourhood of Wawer, a district of Warsaw, Poland. Until 1951, it was a separate village.
The village of Miedzeszyn existed as far back as 1580, when it was known as Miedziessin and located in Warsaw County, Warsaw Land, Masovian Voivodeship, PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth. In 1926, the Wà Âodzimierz Medem Sanatorium for children with tuberculosis, was opened in the village, by General Jewish Labour Bund and CISZO, and operated until 1942. During the Nazi Germany Occupation of Poland in World War II, there was a ghetto for Jewish population, that operated there until 20 August 1942, when it was liquidated. The village was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 5 May 1951.
The neighbourhood is divided into seven parts: Nowy Miedzeszyn, Miedzeszyn Wieà Â, Elà ¼bietówek, Julianów, à Âwierczyna, and Zagódà º. Its west border is based on the Vistula river, and the east border, on the forests on the hills.