page_title: Mieszkowice
hierarchical_section_title: Mieszkowice
caption_attribution_description: Mieszkowice
context_page_description: Mieszkowice is a town in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, about 15 km east of the Oder river and the border with Germany. It is the administrative seat of the urban-rural gmina of Mieszkowice.
  With origins as a medieval Slavic settlement within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland, it was founded as a town in the late 13th century during the Ostsiedlung, after the annexation of the area by Brandenburg, the town was the site of death of the last Ascanian margrave in 1319, a center of the Waldensians movement in the 14th century, and the site of the conclusion of a Franco-Swedish alliance during the Thirty Years' War, which else virtually depopulated the town. After the war, the town slowly recovered, retaining a rural character. In the late 19th century, it was connected to the railroad, and Gottfried Benn was raised in an adjacent village. In 1945, the town largely escaped destruction, and became part of Poland. It was renamed Barwice, then Mieszkowice after Mieszko I of Poland. Until 1998, Mieszkowice was part of Szczecin Voivodeship.
context_section_description: Mieszkowice [mʲɛʂkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Bärwalde in der Neumark; Kashubian: Berwôłd) is a town in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, about 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Oder river and the border with Germany. It is the administrative seat of the urban-rural gmina (municipality) of Mieszkowice.
  With origins as a medieval Slavic settlement within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland, it was founded as a town in the late 13th century during the Ostsiedlung, after the annexation of the area by Brandenburg, the town was the site of death of the last Ascanian margrave in 1319, a center of the Waldensians movement in the 14th century, and the site of the conclusion of a Franco-Swedish alliance during the Thirty Years' War, which else virtually depopulated the town. After the war, the town slowly recovered, retaining a rural character. In the late 19th century, it was connected to the railroad, and Gottfried Benn was raised in an adjacent village. In 1945, the town largely escaped destruction, and became part of Poland. It was renamed Barwice, then Mieszkowice after Mieszko I of Poland. Until 1998, Mieszkowice was part of Szczecin Voivodeship.
caption: Town square with monument of Mieszko I
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