- Kamień Pomorski
Infobox Settlement
name = Kamień Pomorski
image_shield = POL Kamień Pomorski COA.svg
pushpin_
pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kamień
subdivision_type3 =Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Kamień Pomorski
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Bronisław Grzegorz Karpiński
area_total_km2 = 10.75
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 9134
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 53 | latm = 58 | lats = 11 | latNS = N | longd = 14 | longm = 47 | longs = 9 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 10
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 72-400
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = ZKA
website = http://www.kamienpomorski.plKamień Pomorski [IPA-pl|'|k|a|m|j|e|ń|-|p|o|'|m|o|r|s|k|i] ( _de. Cammin or "Kammin"; _cs. Kamién) is a
town in theWest Pomeranian Voivodeship of northwesternPoland . The capital ofKamień County , the town had 9,123 inhabitants as ofDecember 31 2005 .History
The town became the seat of a bishopric in 1176 and a
Pomerania n diocese. From time to time the Dukes of Pomerania would also reside in the town, as it is located inFarther Pomerania . By 1228 the Dominicans were involved in the town's religious affairs, and in 1274 it received Lübeck city rights.Sweden acquired control of the town at the
Peace of Westphalia ending theThirty Years' War in 1648. Acquired byBrandenburg-Prussia in 1679, the town was made part of theKingdom of Prussia in 1701. From then until 1945 it remained part of theKingdom of Prussia and laterGermany . It was administered as part of the PrussianProvince of Pomerania .The town was placed under Polish administration by the Allies at the
Potsdam Conference in 1945 afterWorld War II .Germans remaining in the town were expelled and replaced withPoles .Tourism
The town is close to
Zalew Kamieński (Kamień Bay). There are some old buildings, the most famous being theCathedral of St.John the Baptist ( _pl. katedra św. 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), actorExternal links
* [http://www.kamienpomorski.pl/ Official town website] pl icon
* [http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=223385&y=686417&m=Kamie%f1%20Pomorski&w=zachodniopomorskie&p=kamie%f1ski&g=Kamie%f1%20Pomorski&z=3 Map via mapa.szukacz.pl] pl icon
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