Country Poland Gmina Kamień Krajeński Area 3.65 km² Local time Saturday 12:18 PM | County Sępólno Postal code 89-430 Population 2,251 (2006) | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind S at 26 km/h, 94% Humidity Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | ||
Kamień Krajeński [ˈkamʲɛɲ kraˈjɛɲskʲi] (Kamień Pomorski 1920-1945; German: Kamin in Westpreußen) is a town in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,276 inhabitants (2004).
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History
The first historical record of Kamień comes from 1107. It was a seat of a castellany during the reign of Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland. In the thirteenth century it belonged to the Archbishop of Gniezno. It was briefly occupied by the Teutonic Knights in 1339 before reverting to Poland. In 1359 it received municipal rights from Archbishop Jarosław. Shortly after a defensive castle was built which survived until 1721.
After the First Partition of Poland in 1772, Kamień became part of Kingdom of Prussia. As part of it, the town belonged to Landkreis Flatow until 1920, when the eastern part of this Landkreis with 30,516 inhabitants (including 8,600 Poles) and the towns of Kamin, Więcbork (Vandsburg) and Sępólno Krajeńskie (Zempelburg) were transferred to the Second Polish Republic after the Treaty of Versailles. The town became part of Sępólno County. After the German Invasion of Poland Sępólno County was incorporated into Nazi Germany in 1939, and it became part of Landkreis Zempelburg. In 1945 the town was restored to Poland.