Myślice is a
village
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in the administrative district of
Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń
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Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stary Dzierzgoń, which lies approximately east of Sztum and south-east of the reg ...
, within
Sztum County
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Sztum County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sztum, which lies south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. T ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of
Stary Dzierzgoń
Stary Dzierzgoń is a village in Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń. It lies approximately east of Sztum and south-east of the regional c ...
, east of
Sztum
Sztum () (formerly ) is a town in northern Poland in the Powiśle region, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Sztum County, with some 10,141 inhabitants (2004).
History
Signs of settlement dating back to the Roman Empir ...
, and south-east of the regional capital
Gdańsk
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.
For the history of the region, see
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw ...
.
Notable residents
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Siegfried Thomaschki
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Thoma ...
(1894–1967),
Generalleutnant
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Austria
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in the
German Army
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during
World War II
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.
Miswalde church
Miswalde church
dates from the second Quarter of the 14th Century and was extended in the second half of the same century. The church comprises a brick building with no chorus on a field stone base. The east gable dates from 1872 and the vestry is 19th Century. The tower is thought to date from the 15th Century and is gabled on 4 sides with an eight-sided tent roof now covered with copper plates.
The church interior is largely ornamented in painted wood.
Other features include: Altar from 1706, carved by David Bröse from Elblag; Pulpit from the early 18th Century; and Baptismal font made of brass, 17th Century.
References
Villages in Sztum County
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