Międzyrzecz
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Town hall and St. Adalbert Church
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 Międzyrzecz
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| Coordinates: 52°26′54″N 15°35′18″E / 52.44833°N 15.58833°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lubusz | ||
| County | Międzyrzecz | ||
| Community | Międzyrzecz | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Remigiusz Lorenz (since 2014) |
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| • Total | 10.26 km2 (3.96 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 52,5 m (1,722 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 18,459 | ||
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 66-300 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 95 | ||
| Car plates | FMI | ||
| Website | miedzyrzecz.pl | ||
Międzyrzecz [mʲɛnˈd͡zɨʐɛt͡ʂ] (Latin: Meserici, German: Meseritz) is a town in western Poland with 18,459 inhabitants (January 1, 2015). The capital of Międzyrzecz County, it was part of Gorzów Voivodeship from 1975–1998. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, Międzyrzecz has been situated in Lubusz Voivodeship.
The town's name refers to Mesopotamia ("between rivers", Polish: Międzyrzecze) and its location at the confluence of the Obra River and the Paklica tributary, in the west of the historic Greater Poland region. About halfway between the towns of Skwierzyna and Świebodzin, it is situated 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the regional capital Gorzów Wielkopolski and 68 km (42 mi) north of Zielona Góra.
The municipal area is in a particularly green part of Poland. Extensive forests and numerous lakes can be found in the vicinity, including two Natura 2000 protected areas south of the town.
With a population of about 19,000, Międzyrzecz is the seventh largest town in Lubusz Voivodeship. The number of inhabitants has slightly been on the decrease since the 1990s.
The settlement on the road leading from Magdeburg to Gniezno was first mentioned as Mezerici by the medieval chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg in the course of the 1005 campaign of King Henry II of Germany into the Polish lands of Duke Bolesław I Chrobry. The Old Polish name Mezyriecze first appeared in the 1112/16 Gesta principum Polonorum by Gallus Anonymus.
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