Kamionka, Mikołów

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
Fire station
Fire station
Coordinates: 50°11′20.24″N 18°55′16.4″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
County/CityMikołów
Time zoneUTC+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.

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