Kamień Pomorski

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Wolin Gate and Piast Tower, remnants of medieval city walls in Kamień Pomorski

Kamień Pomorski (Kashubian & Pomeranian: Kamién, German: Kammin or Cammin) is a town in the far northwest of Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Kamień County of which it is the capital. It has about 9,188 inhabitants (2004).

The town is close to Zalew Kamieński (Kamień Bay). There are some old buildings, the most famous being the cathedral of St. John the Baptist (in Polish: katedra św. Jana Chrzciciela). It became the seat of a bishopric in 1176 and a Pomeranian diocese. From time to time the dukes of Pomerania would also reside in the town. By 1228 the Dominicans were involved in the town's religious affairs, and in 1274 Kamień Pomorski received Lübeck City Rights. Sweden acquired control of the town at the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, but the town reverted to Brandenburg in 1679. From then until 1945 it remained under Prussian and later German control. The town was granted to Poland by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference in 1945.