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Mieroszów is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Mieroszów. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. Source Wikipedia July 2017.
Jewish Records Poland JRI-Poland offers one LDS microfilm for this town. LDS 496013 has vital records for the time period of 1818-1824 only and it is not extracted at this time. July 2017.
Town History: The earliest mention of Mieroszów date back to the mid-1350s. In the documents of 1350 and 1355 the place is called Stadtchen Fredelant. The area was colonised by the Benedictine abbey from Borumov. In the place of the present ul. Mickiewicza there was a crossing connected with trade routes from Borumov, splitting into the route to Świdnica and Kamienna Góra. It was the area of the later suburbs of Alt Friedland, in 1895 incorporated into town. The original settlement was entirely destroyed by the Hussites in 1427.
At the end of the 15th century a new town of Friedland in Niederschlesien was established, whose spatial layout is preserved until today. However, there are no detailed information on its location. It was an open (no walls), small trade and craft centre in which from the end of the 17th century wooden buildings were gradually replaced with brick ones. Especially important was Dolna Street, connecting the square with riverside area where such industrial buildings as fulleries, water-mills and smithies, which derived benefits from being close to water, were located and gave rise to a local "industrial district". In 1574 a school operating under the church was opened.
Expansion of Mieroszów was connected with development of the entire Wałbrzyski region. From the beginning of the 16th century most local villages were incorporated into the property of the Książ castle belonging to the Hochbergs until the 19th century. In 1647 the first paper mill was set up, then bleacheries and city water-mill were constructed. The development was fuelled by weaving. The 1720s and 1730s were a particularly prosperous period when numerous weaving mills and decoratively ornamented tenement houses with impressive façades were erected. In time craft was replaced by industrial production.
In 1742 Mieroszów with the entire Silesia was annexed by Prussia. As a result, Evangelicals settled there and set up their church. The second half of the 18th century was a period of economic stagnation despite commencing pavement works (square 1797).
Source: Virtual Shtetl