gm. Gniew, pow. tczewski, woj. pomorskie

The current settlement consists of the village of Międzyłęż Stary and Nowy (Old and New Międzyłęż). As a village, Międzyłęż was mentioned at the end of the 13th century. In mid century, the village was depopulated. Later it was settled with settlers based on the rules of emphyteusis. At the end of the 19th century, the village owned over 1800 acres of land, 44 buildings, 24 houses and had 236 inhabitants (157 Catholics, 75 evangelicals). It was part of the Catholic parish Wielki Garc. Both in the 16th and the 17th century, a home farm was mentioned to exist on the premises of Międzyłęż Nowy. It was destroyed by the Swedes in 1664, but the farming grounds belonging to the home farm were used by Dutch settlers. The village had 285 ha of land. At the end of the 19th century, the village embraced 1587 acres of land, with 43 buildings, 23 houses, 250 inhabitants (134 evangelicals and 116 Catholics). At the end of the 19th century the home farm had 1610 acres of land, 33 buildings, 14 houses, 132 inhabitants, (47 evangelicals, 81 Catholics). In the Teutonic Knights' times, it was the seat of the borough leader. The position was held by: Henry from Leydenstein 1394-1403; Jan v. Hohenkirchen 1411-1413; Iost v. Gehewolf 1413-1417; Herman v. Gans 1417-1418; Iost v. Gehewolf 1481; Konrad v. Helmsdorf 1419-1427; Helfrich v. drahe 1427; Eckart v. Bucheim 1441; Henry v. Richtenberg 1441; Peter Hebicher 1445; Wilhelm v. Hundenborn 1445-1447; Egloff v. Rosenberg 1447; The borough was subordinated to the Commander of Teutonic Knights in Malbork (Marienburg). In 1771, its was owned, together with the Gniew starosty, by Karolina Henryka née Lubomirska, general Fleming's wife.

A village with the layout arranged in rows along the road and colonies, situated on the left bank of the Vistula, in the area of the Walichnowy Lowlands, about 20 km north from Gniew.

The cultural landscape has been maintained in a good condition. The village layout is clear. Unfortunately, the architecture connected with the Dutch settlers has not survived till today.