| Mierzeszyn | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gdańsk |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Trąbki Wielkie |
| Coordinates: | 54.2022°N 18.4169°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 800 |
Mierzeszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trąbki Wielkie, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-west of Trąbki Wielkie, 160NaN0 south-west of Pruszcz Gdański, and 240NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. 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 church and the Sacred Heart church.