Mieszkowice [mʲɛʂkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Bärwalde in der Neumark; Kashubian: Berwôłd) is a town in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland, about 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Oder river and the border with Germany.

Mieszko I included the area within the early Polish state in the 10th century and fought the victorious Battle of Cedynia against the Saxon margrave Odo I nearby in 972.

In the High Middle Ages, a Slavic settlement existed there, located on a trade route connecting Lubusz Land with Pomerania.

[2] In 1297, St. Mary's Church was first mentioned,[7] and another document gives 1298 as the year when Bärwalde was granted German town law.

Therefater, throughout the 14th century, Bärwalde was subordinated directly to the Holy Roman Emperor and the regional center to 29 surrounding villages.

Under Teutonic rule, the region was neglected, resulting in the town's economic decline, and robberies became widespread.

[5] During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish field marshal Gustav Horn on 23 January 1631 signed the Treaty of Bärwalde with France[11] against Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg, whereafter the town was devastated by Swedish and Imperial troops several times.

[12] When the Kingdom of Prussia reformed her administrative organization after the Napoleonic Wars, the town became part of the Province of Brandenburg created from the territory of the former margraviate.

During World War II, under Nazi Germany, forced laborers, mostly Poles, worked in the town.

[13] The town was captured on 4 February 1945 by the Red Army during the Vistula–Oder Offensive in the final period of World War II, and as it was east of the Oder-Neisse line, became again part of Poland.

Since 2007, a ferry service connects Mieszkowice with Güstebieser Loose [de] on the opposite bank of the Oder.