Biały Kamień, Wałbrzych
Biały Kamień (German: Weisstein, Latin: Albus Lapis), formerly an independent city, is a residential district and administrative unit located in the western part of Wałbrzych.[2] It is best known for having the oldest record of coal mining in the Wałbrzych region, dated 1561,[3] and for being the home of the football club Zagłębie Wałbrzych.
Biały Kamień | |
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| Coordinates: 50°46′53″N 16°15′14″E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesia |
| County | Wałbrzych |
| City | Wałbrzych |
| First historical mention | 1305 |
| Incorporated into city | 1951 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 14 278[1] |
| Vehicle registration | DB |
References
- Liczba mieszkańców dzielnic Wałbrzycha (in Polish), nasz.walbrzych.pl, retrieved 2017-11-22
- Zarządzenie Ministrów: Administracji Publicznej i Ziem Odzyskanych z dnia 7 maja 1946 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu urzędowych nazw miejscowości. (in Polish), vol. M.P. 1946 nr 44 poz. 85, Sejm
- Heinrich Bartsch (1969), Unvergessene Waldenburger Heimat (in German), Norden (Ostfriesland), p. 356–357
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