Nowa Kamienica
Nowa Kamienica | |
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Village | |
Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Nowa Kamienica | |
Nowa Kamienica | |
| Coordinates: 50°55′47″N 15°31′42″E / 50.92972°N 15.52833°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Jelenia Góra |
| Gmina | Stara Kamienica |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DJE |
Nowa Kamienica [ˈnɔva kamjɛˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kamienica, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) north-west of Stara Kamienica, 15 km (9 mi) west of Jelenia Góra, and 108 km (67 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".[2]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ 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.