Kamenz
Kamenz or Kamjenc is a town 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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hydraulic ram and Lessing-Museum Kamenz.
Hydraulic ram
A hydraulic ram pump, ram pump, or hydram is a cyclic water pump powered by hydropower. It takes in water at one "hydraulic head" and flow rate, and outputs water at a higher hydraulic head and lower flow rate.Kamenz station
Railway station
Kamenz station is a railway station in Kamenz, Germany. The station is located on the Lübbenau–Kamenz and Kamenz–Pirna lines. It is operated by DB Station&Service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nebelschütz and Elstra.
Nebelschütz
Village
Nebelschütz or Njebjelčicy is a Sorbian village in the district of Bautzen of Saxony in eastern Germany. It lies to the south-east of Kamenz. The municipality is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.
Elstra
Town
Elstra or Halštrow is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 kilometres southeast of Kamenz, and 34 kilometres northeast of Dresden. Elstra is situated 5 km south of Kamenz.
Kamenz
- Type: Locality with 16,900 residents
- Also known as: “14625250” and “Stadt Kamenz”
- Location: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.2669° or 51° 16′ 1″ north
Longitude
14.1115° or 14° 6′ 41″ east
Population
16,900
Elevation
183 metres (600 feet)
Open location code
9F3P7486+QJ
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Kamenz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كامينز”
- Armenian: “Կամենց”
- Azerbaijani: “Kaments”
- Bashkir: “Каменц”
- Basque: “Kamenz”
- Belarusian: “Каменц”
- Bulgarian: “Каменц”
- Catalan: “Kamenz”
- Cebuano: “Kamenz”
- Chechen: “Каменц”
- Chinese: “卡门茨”
- Czech: “Kamenec”
- Danish: “Kamenz”
- Dutch: “Kamenz”
- Esperanto: “Kamenz”
- Estonian: “Kamenz”
- Faroese: “Kamenz”
- French: “Kamenz”
- Georgian: “კამენცი”
- German: “Kamenz”
- Greek: “Κάμεντς”
- Hebrew: “קמנץ”
- Hungarian: “Kamenz”
- Irish: “Kamenz”
- Italian: “Kamenz”
- Japanese: “カメンツ”
- Kalaallisut: “Kamenz”
- Kurdish: “Kamenz”
- Ladin: “Kamenz”
- Latin: “Camentia”
- Latvian: “Kāmenca”
- Lower Sorbian: “Kamjeńc”
- Macedonian: “Каменц”
- Malay: “Kamenz”
- Northern Frisian: “Kamenz”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kamenz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kamenz”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kamenz”
- Persian: “کامنتس”
- Polish: “Kamenz”
- Portuguese: “Kamenz”
- Romanian: “Kamenz”
- Russian: “Каменц”
- Serbian: “Каменц”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kamenz/Kamjenc”
- Slovak: “Kamenec”
- South Azerbaijani: “کامنتس”
- Spanish: “Kamenz”
- Swedish: “Kamenz”
- Tatar: “Каменц”
- Tumbuka: “Kamenz”
- Turkish: “Kamenz”
- Ukrainian: “Каменц”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kamjenc”
- Uzbek: “Kamenz”
- Vietnamese: “Kamenz”
- Volapük: “Kamenz”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kamenz”
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