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  Kamień Pomorski
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | ||
| County | Kamień | ||
| Gmina | Kamień Pomorski | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Bronisław Grzegorz Karpiński | ||
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| - Total | 10. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century West Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known by its Polish name of województwo zachodniopomorskie or simply Zachodniopomorskie) is a voivodeship A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Kamień County (powiat kamieński is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland The gmina or Municipality (frequently translated commune) plural gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level of territorial division in Poland Gmina Kamień Pomorski is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 75 km² (4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 9,134 | ||
| - Density | 849. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/km² (2,200. 6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 72-400 | ||
| Car plates | ZKA | ||
| Website: http://www.kamienpomorski.pl | |||
Kamień Pomorski [ˈkamjɛɲ pɔˈmɔrski] (German: Cammin or Kammin; Kashubian: Kamién) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of northwestern Poland. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa; język kaszubski is one of A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan West Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known by its Polish name of województwo zachodniopomorskie or simply Zachodniopomorskie) is a voivodeship Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The capital of Kamień County, the town had 9,123 inhabitants as of December 31, 2005. Kamień County (powiat kamieński is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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History
The town became the seat of a bishopric in 1176 and a Pomeranian diocese. The former German Catholic diocese of Kammin (Kamień existed in Pomerania, from the twelfth century to 1544 From time to time the Dukes of Pomerania would also reside in the town, as it is located in Farther Pomerania. Farther Pomerania or Further Pomerania (Hinterpommern Pomorze Zachodnie is a Pomeranian region roughly stretching from the Oder River in the West By 1228 the Dominicans were involved in the town's religious affairs, and in 1274 it received Lübeck city rights. The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is The Lübeck law was the constitution of a municipal form of government developed at Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein after it was made a free city in 1226
Sweden acquired control of the town at the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Sweden was between 1611 and 1718 one of the Great powers of Europe The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. Acquired by Brandenburg-Prussia in 1679, the town was made part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preußen was a German Monarchy established by the Personal union between the Duchy of Prussia and the The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising From then until 1945 it remained part of the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It was administered as part of the Prussian Province of Pomerania. For the present-day Polish provinces see Pomeranian Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The town was placed under Polish administration by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference in 1945 after World War II. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 16, World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germans remaining in the town were expelled and replaced with Poles. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the Forced migration and Ethnic cleansing of German nationals ( Reichsdeutsche) and ethnic The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland.
Tourism
The town is close to Zalew Kamieński (Kamień Bay). There are some old buildings, the most famous being the Cathedral of St. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral John the Baptist (Polish: katedra św. Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Jana Chrzciciela).
Twin towns
Kamień Pomorski is twinned with:
Bromölla (Sweden)- Kowary (Poland)
Lünen (Germany)
Porvoo (Finland)- Torgelow (Germany)
- Grimmen (Germany)
Notable residents
- Uwe Johnson (1934 - 1984), writer
- Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700-1748), physician
- Klausjürgen Wussow (1929 - 2007), actor
External links
- Official town website (Polish)
- Map via mapa.szukacz.pl (Polish)
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