Kamenz

town in Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
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Summary

Kamenz is a Greater district town[1]. Kamenz draws 1,383 Wikipedia views per month (greater district town category, ranking #28 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Mayors for Peace[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bautzen District[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Black Elster[6]
  • Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[7]
  • Shares border with: Nebelschütz[8], Oßling[9], Schwepnitz[10], Neukirch[11], Haselbachtal[12], Elstra[13], Bernsdorf[14]
  • Twinned administrative body: Alzey[15], Kolín[16], Karpacz[17]
  • Postal code: 01917[18]
  • Part of: Sorbian settlement area[19]
  • Commons category: Kamenz[20]
  • Local dialing code: 03578[21]
  • Archives at: Municipal archive Kamenz[22]
  • Coordinate location: 51.27, 14.095278[23]
  • Official website: https://www.kamenz.de/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kamenz[25]
  • Population: 17,056[26], 14,750[27], 16,853[28], 16,985[29], 17,015[30], 16,861[31], 16,918[32], 16,878[33]
  • Described by source: Regesta Imperii[34], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35], Topographia Superioris Saxoniae[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kamenz[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kamenz[39]
  • Demonym: Kamjenčan[40], Kamjenčanka[41], Kamjenčenjo[42]
  • Native label: Kamjenc[43], Kamenz[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kamenz[45]
  • Short name: Kam[46]
  • Different from: Kamenz[47]
  • Elevation above sea level: 171[48]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 98.3[49] and 53.25[50].

Why It Matters

Kamenz has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Kamenz is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+17056'}, {'amount': '+14750'}, {'amount': '+16853'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  2. 12w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → town in Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Different from: Kamenz"
  3. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 89982
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 89982, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  4. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+17056'}, {'amount': '+14750'}, {'amount': '+16853'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  5. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
  6. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0346364-Kamenec-Nemecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0346364-Kamenec-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  7. 22w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Kamenz
    Area → {'amount': '+98.3'}, {'amount': '+53.25'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bautzen District
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||szl, pms */ import labels from sitelinks"
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