Krzemień (German ''Kremmin'')
[''Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße'' by M. Kaemmerer] is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Dobrzany
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Gmina Dobrzany is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobrzany, which lies approximately east of Stargard and east of the regi ...
, within
Stargard County
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Stargard County ( pl, powiat stargardzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...
, in north-western Poland.
It lies approximately east of
Dobrzany
Dobrzany ( csb, Jakùbòwò; german: Jacobshagen, or ''Jakobshagen'') is a town in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,225.
History
A settlement existed at the site of curr ...
, east of
Stargard
Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; formerly German language, German: ''Stargard in Pommern'', or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; csb, Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian V ...
, and east of the regional capital
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
.
For the history of the region, see
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...
.
Notable residents
*
Andreas Hakenberger
Andreas Hakenberger ( Krzemień (Kremmin), Pomerania, 1574–1627) was a German composer, and worked in Gdańsk beginning in 1608.
Works, editions and recordings
*German madrigals - ''Neue deutsche Gesange nach Art der welschen Madrigalien'' for f ...
(1574–1627), German composer
References
Villages in Stargard County
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