KAMMIN, or CAMMIN
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KAMMIN, or CAMMIN , a town in the Prussian province of Pomerania , 22 M. from the Baltic, on the Kamminsche Bodden, a lake connected with the sea by the Dievenow. Pop. (19o5), 5923. Among its four Evangelical churches, the cathedral and the church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish
kirk , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk - CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o) - CHURCH, SIR
RICHARD (1784–1873) of St Mary are noteworthy. Iron -founding and brewing are carried on in the town, which has also some fishing and shipping. There is steamer communication with Stettin , about 40 M. S.S.W. Kammin is of Wendish origin, and obtained municipal privileges in 1274. From about 1200 till 1628 it was the seat of a bishopric, which at the latter date became a secular principality, being in 1648 incorporated with Brandenburg. See Kiichen, Geschichte der Stadt Kammin (Kammin, 1885).
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