Kęszyca is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Międzyrzecz __NOTOC__ Gmina Międzyrzecz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzyrzecz, which lies approximately southeast of Gorzów Wielkopolski and nor ...

, within

Międzyrzecz County __NOTOC__ Międzyrzecz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in western Poland with a population of 972,140. Its regional capitals are Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra. The region is characterized by a landscape of forests, lake ...

, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of

Międzyrzecz Międzyrzecz (; , , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Obra (river), Obra and Paklica river, with 17,667 inhabitants (2020). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, it ha ...

, south-east of

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (), often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów (formerly ), is a city in Geography of Poland, western Poland, located on the Warta, Warta River. It is one of the two principal cities and seats of the Lubusz Voivodes ...

, and north of

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

Names

The earliest known mention of the place was in a 1328 document (19th century copy) under the name Gantzitz, 1390: Kanszyc, 1405: Kantzicz, Canshicze, 1423: Canszyca, 1443 Kaschycza, 1446 Chanzicze, 1452 Kasicza, 1458 Canszycza, 1462 Cashicze, 1467 Cansicze, 1468 Kanshicza, 1480 Kanszycze, 1499 Canszycze, Caszycza, 1508 Kanszycza, 1510 Canschicze, 1512 Cassicza, 1517 Kanzicze, Kashycze, 1519 Kansycza, 1565 Kesziczi, Kęsicza, Kęssiczi, 1944 KainschtKĘSZYCA
''Słownik historyczno-geograficzny województwa poznańskiego w średniowieczu'' part II (I – Ł), vol. 2

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Villages in Międzyrzecz County {{Międzyrzecz-geo-stub

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