Kamenz (district)

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Kamenz

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Kamenz } } |- | Area:||1,340.34 km² |- | Inhabitants:||154,954 (2001) |- | pop. density:||116 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||KM |- | Homepage:||http://www.lra-kamenz.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Kamenz (Lusatian: Kamjenc) is a Kreis (district) in the north-east of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Spree-Neiße, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Bautzen, Sächsische Schweiz, the district-free city Dresden, and the districts Meißen and Riesa-Großenhain. The district-free city Hoyerswerda is completely surrounded by the district. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6 External links History The district was formed in 1994 from the previous Kamenz district, the northern parts of the Dresden-Land district, around Radeberg, and the Hoyerswerda district, except the town of Hoyerswerda, which became a district-free city. From 1994 to 1996 it was called Westlausitz - Dresdner Land, but then renamed to Kamenz again. Geography The two major rivers in the district are the Spree and the Schwarze Elster (Black Elster). Partnerships Since December 14, 1990 the district has a partnership with the district Alzey-Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate. Coat of arms The colors of the coat of arms are those of the Upper Lusatia. The black wing on the right side is the symbol of the Lords of Kamenz. The linden leaf in the top if the left half stands for the Sorbs minority. The wavy line below symbolizes the three rivers Roeder, Elster and Spree. The three rings in the bottom symbolize the unification of the three previous districts, the symbol was taken from the play "Nathan der Weise" by Lessing. Towns and municipalities Towns Verwaltungsverbände free municipalities Bernsdorf¹ Elstra Großröhrsdorf¹ Kamenz¹ Königsbrück¹ Lauta¹ Pulsnitz¹ Wittichenau ¹ administrated inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Am Klosterwasser Bernsdorf Großröhrsdorf Kamenz Königsbrück Lauta Pulsnitz Arnsdorf Elsterheide Haselbachtal Lohsa Oßling Ottendorf-Okrilla Schwepnitz Spreetal Wachau External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany Cities Chemnitz | Dresden | Görlitz | Hoyerswerda | Leipzig | Plauen | Zwickau Rural districts Annaberg | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Bautzen | Chemnitzer Land | Delitzsch | Döbeln | Freiberg | Kamenz | Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau | Meißen | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittweida | Muldentalkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain | Sächsische Schweiz | Stollberg | Torgau-Oschatz | Vogtlandkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Zwickauer Land   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: