Kamionka, Mikołów Explained

Kamionka
Settlement Type:Mikołów District
Coordinates:50.189°N 18.9212°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County/City
Subdivision Name2:Mikołów
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Area Code:(+48) 032

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]

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]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jednostki pomocnicze. 2015-05-06. Polish.
  2. Web site: Zarys historii sołectw mikołowskich i dzielnicy Kamionka. 2015-05-06. Polish.
  3. Adrian A. Jojko, 2006, p. 9
  4. Web site: Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Pless/Pszczyna County . German . 2015-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502200241/http://home.arcor.de/oberschlesien-ka/abstimmung/pless.htm . 2015-05-02 .