Kamienica, Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Kamienica.

Kamienica [kamjɛˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Woźniki, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 23 km (14 mi) east of Lubliniec and 43 km (27 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.

Kamienica
Village
School in Kamienica
Kamienica
Coordinates: 50°38′8″N 18°59′34″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Lubliniec
Gmina	Woźniki
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SLU
Voivodeship roads

The name of the village is of Polish origin and is derived from the word kamień, which means "stone".^[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. 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.