Kamień Pomorski

Kamień Pomorski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkamjɛɲ pɔˈmɔrskʲi]; Kashubian: Kamiéń; German: Cammin or Kammin) is a spa town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast.

It is the seat of an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kamień County which lies approximately 63 km to the north of the regional capital Szczecin.

The first mentions of the town appeared in the Life of Otto of Bamberg,Civitas ducis Camina by Herbord, Castrum magnum Gamin by Eb, and In urbe Games.

From the depth of the waters emerged a perfect match for the giant but in the exact moment a rooster crowed, the illusion of the future spouse was dropped and showed a devil.

Devil wanted to run away and changed into a toad, but it was too late, the boulder crushed him and confines him to this day.

[2] Kamień was founded at the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries by the Lechitic Wolinians tribe,[3] and became part of Poland soon after the creation of the state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967.

[6] By 1228 the Dominicans were involved in the town's religious affairs, and in 1274 it received Lübeck city rights.

Sweden acquired control of the town at the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648.

A hoard of early medieval jewellery was discovered during archaeological excavations in Kamień Pomorski in 1959–1961.

[3] Kamień Pomorski is located on in the pool of Dziwna’s strait that creates Kamieński Bay.

Kamień Pomorski lies in the north-west part of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Medieval town walls
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist