Česká Kamenice

Česká Kamenice
Česká Kamenice
	Town
	Town square
	Flag Coat of arms
	Česká Kamenice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°47′52″N 14°25′4″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Děčín
Government
• Mayor	Jan Papajanovský
Area
• Total	38.76 km2 (14.97 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population (2019-01-01[1])
• Total	5,247
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	407 21
Website	www.ceska-kamenice.cz

Česká Kamenice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈkamɛɲɪtsɛ]; German: Böhmisch Kamnitz) is a town in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 5,000 inhabitants.

Following villages are administrative parts of Česká Kamenice: Pekelský Důl, Dolní Kamenice, Filipov, Huníkov, Horní Kamenice, Kamenická Nová Víska, Kerhartice and Líska.

Česká Kamenice became the Historical Town of the Year 2005.

The Town's Connection With Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák took further organ and music-theory lessons at Česká Kamenice with Franz Hanke.

Concentration Camp

In spring 1944, the Rabstein sub-camp of Flossenbürg was created here, with a capacity of 600 prisoners. At the end of the war, 1,500 inmates were incarcerated in the camp. The camp provided workers for the nearby underground aircraft factory in the town of Janská, 3 km west of Česká Kamenice. The number of inmate deaths is not known due to the destruction of all camp documentation. The foundations of camp buildings remain visible, along with a memorial and historical overview.[2]

Notable people

Joseph Rothe (1759–1808), operatic singer
Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (1782–1834), botanist, entomologist, geologist, and physician
Hannes Hegen (1925–2014), illustrator, caricaturist and creator of the comic Mosaik

Twin towns — sister cities

Česká Kamenice is twinned with:[3]

Bad Schandau, Germany

References

"Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
http://www.cztour.cz/rabstejn/eng/
"Partnerské město Bad Schandau" (in Czech). Město Česká Kamenice. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

External links

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[1] "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.

[2] ttp://www.cztour.cz/rabstejn/eng/

[3] "Partnerské město Bad Schandau" (in Czech). Město Česká Kamenice. Retrieved 2019-08-24.