| Stara Kamienica | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist | |
  Stara Kamienica | |
| Coordinates: 50°55′04″N 15°33′49″E / 50.91778°N 15.56361°E / 50.91778; 15.56361 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Karkonosze |
| Gmina | Stara Kamienica |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,200 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DJE |
Stara Kamienica is a village in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Stara Kamienica.
It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Jelenia Góra, and 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and is derived from the word kamień, which means "stone".
Two trade routes of regional importance passed through the village in the late medieval and early modern periods, one connecting Wrocław, Bolków and Jelenia Góra with Gryfów, Lubań and Zgorzelec, and the other with Frýdlant and Zittau.
There is a railway station in the village.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 128.
- Boguszewicz, Artur (2010). Corona Silesiae (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. pp. 41, 43. ISBN 978-83-922130-8-6.
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