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Mała Kamienica
1. 1305 Parvum Kempnitz, 1399 Hinterdorf, 1789 Hindorf, 1825 Hinterdorf, 1945
Kepnica, 1950 Mała Kamienica.
2. Until the 40s of the XVIII century a village in the jaworski duchy. Until 1973 in Stara
Kamienica in the jeleniogórski district. Until 1975 in the council of Stara Kamienica in the
jeleniogórski district. From 1975 in the council of Stara Kamienica in the voivodship of Jelenia
Góra. Hamlet Sosnka belongs to Mała Kamienica.
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4. 728 hectares, including 495 ha of arable land and 187 ha of forest.
5. A long chain village at the border of Izerskie Mountains and Pogorze Izerskie. It is
located at the foreland of Grzbiet Kopaniecki at the altitude of 400-500 m. It is surrounded by
arable land.
6. Mala Kamienica was founded at the Old Trade Route Zytawsko-Jeleniogórski at the
end of the XIV century. At the end of XVIII century it was property of the count of Roder and
in the first half of XIX century of the count Bresler. In 1774 Wietz von Escher acquired the
mining concession to extract cobalt ores there. The miner’s gild Jacob was founded which
begun to build mine and rinsing facilities but in 1781 these operations were abandoned because
unprofitable. In 1789 there was a protestant school and farm in Mała Kamienica. In 1825 the
village was composed of 120 houses together with Sosnka. In 1978 there were 67 farms. The
amount of people maintaining themselves from sources other than agriculture tripled. The
number of inhabitants is stable.
7. 1. The church of Saint Barbara, in late gothic style from the 2nd half of XVI century,
rebuilt in the beginning of XVII, renovated many times, also in 1867 and 1958. The interior of
the church with a separate chancel, octagonal tower. Preserved portal from the XVI century of
late gothic features.
Walls of Kopaniec
South of the village of Kopaniec, on the slopes of the Isermountains (Góry Izerskie), you will
find huge walls of stones.
1. Description of the walls
Góry Izerskie are low mountains, little known and little explored but vast and interesting.
Relatively few tourists visit them compared to the nearby Karkonosze mountains. A small
village Kopaniec situated on one of its tops does not attract attention of mass public either.
Perhaps this is why one of the most interesting objects in the area escaped the attention of both
tourists and researchers.
In the area of Kopaniec and nearby villages in the forests and fields extend kilometers of stone
walls of unknown age and origin. They are situated mostly on the top and slopes of Grzbiet
Kamienicki which constitutes the lower range of Góry Izerskie. The walls are several metres
wide and from 1,5 till 5 meters high. Probably their dimensions were bigger once because with
the passing of time their lower part could cave in under ground level and the whole complex
eroded and suffered from destructive factors. Some of them are better preserved than others; in
those in the best state their characteristic structure can be clearly seen: the ridges are built from
close-fitting, bigger stones and the inside filled with smaller, loose rock pieces. The stones are
not bound by any mortar. The composition of rocks from which the walls are built is
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