Kamieniec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Kamieniec | |
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Village | |
 Renovated palace in Kamieniec | |
  Kamieniec  Kamieniec | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′26″N 16°32′55″E / 50.45722°N 16.54861°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Kłodzko |
| Gmina | Kłodzko |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DKL |
Kamieniec [kaˈmjɛɲɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłodzko, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Kłodzko, and 82 kilometres (51 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village was mentioned under its Latinized Old Polish name Camenicza in a document of 1286, when it part of the Duchy of Wrocław within fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.[2] The name is of Polish origin and is derived from the word kamień, which means "stone".[2]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 128.
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