Kamieńsk

Infobox Settlement
name = Kamieńsk
image_shield = POL_Kamiensk_COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Łódź
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Radomsko
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Kamieńsk
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Grzegorz Turlejski
area_total_km2 = 11.99
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 2858
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 12 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 30 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 97-360
blank_name = Car plates
website = http://www.kamiensk.com.pl

Kamieńsk [IPA-pl|'|k|a|m|j|e|ń|s|k] is a town in Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Radomsko County. It has 2,832 inhabitants (2004).

There is an airport named Kamieńsk-Orla Góra in Kamieńsk mainly used for agricultural purposes. Soccer player Jacek Krzynówek was born in Kamieńsk.

The town was first mentioned in historical documents from 1291. It received its city charter in 1374. It lost its city status in 1870, then regained it in 1994. Throughout its history the town was also called Kamińsko, Canisko, Camiesko and Kamińsk. The present form of the name is in use since 1918.

Jewish Presence

Before the Second World War and the Holocaust the town was a shtetl.

Jews began to settle in Kamieńsk in the 18th Century. The oldest Jewish tombstone in the Kamieńsk cemetery is from 1831. In the 1870's the town selected Israel Stieglitz as its rabbinic leader. He served as its chief rabbi for over 40 years and died in 1921. His son, Pinchas Stieglitz, was selected as his successor and served in that capacity for a short time. There were three synagogues in the city. In the year 1900, there were 1,064 Christians and 787 Jews in Kamieńsk. By the year 1917 the Jewish population had reached 1,163. The principle occupations of the Jewish people were tailoring, shoe-making and small trade. Pinchas Stieglitz and most of his family perished in the Holocaust.

External links

* [http://www.kamiensk.com.pl/ Official town webpage]
* [http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kamiensk/ JewishGen ShtetLinks]