Kamieniec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Kamieniec [kaˈmjɛɲɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłodzko, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

Kamieniec
Village
Renovated palace in Kamieniec
Renovated palace in Kamieniec
Kamieniec is located in Poland
Kamieniec
Kamieniec
Coordinates: 50°27′26″N 16°32′55″E / 50.45722°N 16.54861°E / 50.45722; 16.54861
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyKłodzko
GminaKłodzko
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDKL

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

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ 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.