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Kamenz
Summary
Kamenz (ˈkaːmɛnt͡s) or Kamjenc (Sorbian) is a town (Große Kreisstadt) in the district of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany. Until 2008 it was the administrative seat of Kamenz District. The town is known as the birthplace of the philosopher and poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Bruno Hauptmann, convicted kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby. It lies north-east of the major city of Dresden.
This small town is located in the west of the Upper Lusatia historic region (West Lusatia), about northeast of Dresden and about northwest of Bautzen. Situated on the Black Elster river, between the West Lusatian Hills and the Lusatian Highlands rising in the south, the town was built on greywacke and granite rocks which were mined here for centuries. Kamenz railway station is the terminus of Lübbenau–Kamenz and Kamenz–Pirna railway lines. It is served by Regionalbahn trains from Dresden Hauptbahnhof, operated by the Städtebahn Sachsen.
The Hutberg hill west of the town centre, at an elevation of , is the site of an extended landscape park laid out in 1893. It is known for its major rhododendron and azalea collections flowering at Pentecost. In 1864 the Lessing Tower was erected on the hilltop, offering a panoramic view over the West Lusatian lands and the Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape in the north. About 32% of the nature in former Kamenz District is under protection, including a network of routes for riding by bicycle and hiking.
The town Kamenz consists of Thale Kamenz and the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:
Bernbruch
Biehla
Brauna (incl. Liebenau, Petershain, Rohrbach and Schwosdorf)
Cunnersdorf (incl. Hausdorf and Schönbach)
Deutschbaselitz/Němske Pazlicy
Jesau/Jěžow
Lückersdorf-Gelenau (Lückersdorf, Gelenau and Hennersdorf)
Thonberg/Hlinowc
Wiesa/Brěznja
Zschornau-Schiedel (Zschornau/Čornow and Schiedel)
The settlement arose in the late 12th century, when a fortress was erected at the location of today's old town, in order to secure the junction of the medieval Via Regia trade route with the Black Elster river.
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