Kamińsk [ˈkamiɲsk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Górowo Iławeckie, 25 km (16 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 60 km (37 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Kamińsk | |
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Village | |
  Kamińsk | |
| Coordinates: 54°19′10″N 20°26′59″E / 54.31944°N 20.44972°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Bartoszyce |
| Gmina | Górowo Iławeckie |
| Population | 1,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NBA |
During World War II, it was the location of the southern section of the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag I-A, which initially held Polish POWs, and later also other Allied POWs.[2] In 1950 Kamińsk prison was established in its place.[3] Segments of it were burned down during a prison strike in 1981, which was part of a greater wave of unrest in Poland.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
- ^ a b "Opis jednostki - Zakład karny w Kamińsku". Służba więzienna.
- ^ Kozłowski, Tomasz (2014). "Więzienne bunty w PRL". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
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