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![[M這dzieszyn flag]](../images/p/pl-ma-md.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 11 Dec 2008
M這dzieszyn was first mentioned in 15th century. Back then it was a
small village with a wooden church. The first census of 1564 reported a
grand manor in that village, built long ago in the times of Dukes of Masovia.
By 17th century the village grew and became a seat of a local starosta
office held by Ludwik G這szkowski. In 1773 it was annexed by Prussia and
another census was organised by the owner of the village, Stanis豉w D帳ski.
Its results are not preserved.
In 1827 there were 76 houses and 626 inhabitants in M這dzieszyn. However,
in 1870 the estate of M這dzieszyn was divided and a village of Trojan闚
was created. Six years later the village had 483 inhabitants. Soon afterwards
the historical palace of Masovian dukes was destroyed by a fire and replaced
with a new manor house. It was surrounded with a picturesque park, now
only partially preserved. In early 20th century the owner of the village
and the surrounding estate, Jerzy Iwanicki, had 11.2 square kilometres
of land. The family of Iwanicki were the owners of the village until after
the World War II, when they were expelled and their property nationalized
by the new communist Polish authorities. During World War II the bellhouse
of the local Our Lady's Church was turned by the Germans into
a local prison, in which at least 30 prisoners were murdered. The manor
house was demolished in 1945, and then rebuilt as a teachers' house.
Land under cultivation - 67%; Forests - 25%.
Arms and flag adopted on September 22, 2006 (resolution # XXXVII/192/2006).
"Arms: on the red field an image of Saint
Hyacinth (安i皻y Jacek) above the representation of the river.
Flag: a rectangle in the ratio 5:8 composed of three uneven vertical
bands: red-white-red.
The red bands are of 1/4 width of the flag. On the wide, white band
the Arms are placed centrally."
Chrystian Kretowicz, 11 Dec 2008
![[M這dzieszyn coat of arms]](../images/p/pl-ma)md.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 11 Dec 2008