Mierzęcin | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lubusz |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Strzelce-Drezdenko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobiegniew |
Coordinates: | 52.95°N 65°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 350 |
Registration Plate: | FSD |
Mierzęcin (German: Mehrenthin) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobiegniew, within Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) east of Dobiegniew, 220NaN0 east of Strzelce Krajeńskie, and 470NaN0 north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.
The village has a population of 350.
During World War II, on April 1, 1942, the village was the site of a public execution of a 34-year-old Polish man, unfoundedly accused of raping a German girl.[2] The Gestapo carried out the execution despite the opposition to the charge from the local village chief, the population and the girl's family.[2]