Nowa Kamienica

Nowa Kamienica
Village
Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Nowa Kamienica
Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Nowa Kamienica
Nowa Kamienica is located in Poland
Nowa Kamienica
Nowa Kamienica
Coordinates: 50°55′47″N 15°31′42″E / 50.92972°N 15.52833°E / 50.92972; 15.52833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyJelenia Góra
GminaStara Kamienica
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDJE

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 kilometres (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]

  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.