Kammin
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Local hotel located in the Old Town
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 Kamień Pomorski
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| Coordinates: 53°58′11″N 14°47′9″E / 53.96972°N 14.78583°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | |
| County | Kamień | |
| Gmina | Kamień Pomorski | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Stanisław Kuryłło | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.75 km2 (4.15 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 8,921 | |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 72-400 | |
| Car plates | ZKA | |
| Website | www |
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Kamień Pomorski [ˈkamʲɛɲ pɔˈmɔrskʲi] (German: Cammin or Kammin; Kashubian: Kamién) 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.
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 14th October 1140 has mention of ‘’Chamin cum taberna et foro’’. In a bull of 25th February 1188 there is ‘’apud civitated Camyn’’. Ultimately the name ‘’Camin’’ was settled upon.
The name is associated with a massive glacial boulder (diameter of 20 m) situated in the Dziwna’s riverbed. This ‘’Royal Boulder’’ has been used as designator in ship transport. Since 1959 the ‘’Royal Boulder’’ has been protected as a natural monument.
There are three legends dealing with the ‘’Royal Boulder’’.
The first one says that in 1121 Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth stood on it and welcomed sailors’ parades.
The second one describes origins of the ‘’Royal Boulder’’. The boulder was in fact a petrified toad that wreaked havoc in the Kamieński Bay. It was cursed by the slovian god Trzygłów into a boulder.
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