Kamień Pomorski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkamjɛɳ pɔˈmɔrskʲi]; German: Cammin or Kammin; Kashubian: Kamiéń) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It is the seat of an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kamień County which lies approximately 63 km to the north of the regional capital Szczecin. It is the second seat of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień and a deanery of Kamień.
Kamień is the first known capital of the Duchy of Pomerania.
In 2015 the town had a population of 8921 inhabitants.
Etymology and names
The name of the town has its origins in the Wendish language. The first mentions of the town appeared in the ‘’Life of Otton from Bamberg",‘’Civitas ducis Camina" by Herbord, ‘’Castrum magnum Gamin" by Eb, and ‘’In urbe Games".
Other names are Chamin and Camyna. A bull of 14 October 1140 has mention of ‘’Chamin cum taberna et foro". In a bull of 25 February 1188 there is ‘’apud civitated Camyn".
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