Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
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| Kamieniec Ząbkowicki | |||
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  Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| County | Ząbkowice Śląskie | ||
| Gmina | Kamieniec Ząbkowicki | ||
| Population | 4,200 | ||
| Website: http://www.kamieniec-zabkowicki.iap.pl | |||
Kamieniec Ząbkowicki (German: Kamenz) is a village in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Kamieniec Ząbkowicki. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. Kamieniec Zabkowicki is an important railroad junction, located on the main line Wroclaw - Klodzko - Prague. In Kamieniec, this route crosses with the west-east connection from Jaworzyna Slaska to Kedzierzyn-Kozle.
It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Ząbkowice Śląskie, and 68 kilometres (42 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław. The village has a population of 4,200.
The place is known for the former Kamieniec Abbey, established in 1209 as an Augustinian college by Bishop Wawrzyniec of Wrocław at the site of a former castle of Bretislaus II of Bohemia. In 1247 it became a filial monestery of the Cistertian Abbatia Lubensis abbey. King Frederick II of Prussia hid here from Habsburg troops on February 27, 1741 during the First Silesian War.
Securalized in 1810 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia, the estates of Kamieniec were acquired by Wilhelmine of Prussia, wife of King William I of the Netherlands. Between 1838 and 1873 their daughter Princess Marianne of the Netherlands and her husband Prince Albert of Prussia had a new palace built in a Neogothic style according to the plans of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
As a result of the 1945 Potsdam Conference Kamieniec was put under Polish administration and the German inhabitants were expelled. The Palace was plundered and set on fire by the Red Army. Since 1995 it has been partially restored.
[edit] References
- This article includes information taken from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 24 November 2007.
[edit] External link
- (Polish) Kamieniec Palace
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