Kamionka, Mikołów

For other places with the same name, see Kamionka.

Kamionka is a dzielnica (district) in the north-east of Mikołów, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.^[1] It was an independent village but was administratively merged into Mikołów in 1935.^[2]

Kamionka
Mikołów District
Fire station
Coordinates: 50°11′20.24″N 18°55′16.4″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Mikołów
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+48) 032

It is located alongside national road 81.

History

The village was established in the 18th century.^[3] It was first mentioned in 1760 but the buildings existed about 30 year earlier. It initially belonged to Śmiłowice, in 1812 it became an independent municipality.^[2]

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 184 out of 195 voters in Kamionka voted in favour of joining Poland, against 11 opting for staying in Germany.^[4]

Footnotes

1. "Jednostki pomocnicze" (in Polish). Retrieved 2015-05-06.
2. "Zarys historii sołectw mikołowskich i dzielnicy Kamionka" (in Polish). Retrieved 2015-05-06.
3. Adrian A. Jojko, 2006, p. 9
4. "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Pless/Pszczyna County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-03.

References

• Jojko, Adrian A. (2006). Kamionka. Monografia historyczna. Mikołów: Instytut Mikołowski. ISBN 978-83-923755-7-9.