Kamienica, Bielsko-Biała
| Kamienica | |
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| Osiedle of Bielsko-Biała | |
Aerial view of Kamienica
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 Location of Kamienica within Bielsko-Biała |
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| Coordinates: 49°48′3″N 19°1′7″E / 49.80083°N 19.01861°ECoordinates: 49°48′3″N 19°1′7″E / 49.80083°N 19.01861°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Bielsko-Biała |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.1005 km2 (2.7415 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 4,910 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | (+48) 033 |
Kamienica (German: Kamitz) is a osiedle (district) of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. Historically it was a separate village but was merged into the city in 1968. The osiedle has an area of 7.1005 km2 and on December 31, 2006 had 4,910 inhabitants.
The name is of topographic origin and is derived from stones (Polish adjective ).
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Kemnitz. It meant that the village was in the process of location (the size of land to pay a tithe from was not yet precised). The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.
Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290 in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.
After the 1540s Protestant Reformation prevailed in the Duchy of Teschen and a local Catholic church built in 1547 was taken over by Lutherans in 1560. It was taken from them, as one from around fifty buildings in the region, by a special commission and given back to the Roman Catholic Church on 16 April 1654.
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