DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen	Saxony
Landkreis: Bautzen

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• cs: Kamenec • pl: Kamieniec • hsb: Kamjenc • dsb: Kamjeńc
• ru, sr: Каменц

Kamenz is situated at an elevation of 173 m in the Lausitz region of Germany's state of Saxony, about 25 km northwest of the district town Bautzen and about 36 km northeast of Saxony's capital, Dresden. The municipality has a population of about 16,900 (2025).

At the location of today's old town a castle had been build at the end of the 12th century in order to secure the crossing of route Via Regia and river Schwarze Elster. The Via Regia was an important trade route between Belgium and Silesia. In 1225 the town was mentioned the first time and in 1319 it became an independent town. The League of six towns of Upper Lusatia ("Oberlausitzer Sechsstädtebund": Bautzen, Zittau, Görlitz, Kamenz, Löbau and Lauban (Lubań, PL)) was been founded in 1346 for protection against robber barons. In 1707 a fire destroyed large parts of the old town. The philosopher and poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born in Kamenz in 1729.

The Town Hall [top picture] was built in 1848–1849 in Italian Renaissance revival style to replace the previous town hall that had been destroyed by the large fire of 1842. The architect was Carl August Schramm.The imposing central tower has a height of 40 metres.

The bottom left picture on glass no. 2304 shows a view of the Hutberg-Hotel. The Hutberg (294 m), located in the outskirts of Kamenz, is a popular destination for day excursions. A lookout tower (not depicted here) was built in 1864 together with a small restaurant; the latter was enlarged into a hotel (depicted on the glass) in 1895.

The bottom right picture on the glass shows a view of the Realschule (secondary modern school). the school was founded in 1904 and and first was located within the town hall. In 1910 the school moved into the new building that is depicted here. Today, the school operates under the name Lessing-Gymnasium.

The picture on glass no. 2569 [near left] shows the barracks of the 13th Royal Saxon Infantry Regiment no. 178. The regiment was founded in 1897. Following demobilisation in 1919 the regiment was disbanded.

The historical post office [near left, no. 5035] was built in 1893. It was the first building in Kamenz to be constructed using facing brickwork. In 1899, a telephone line was installed in the building. The post office was extended in 1930. Since 2015, the building was owned by Deutsche Bank, but post office service continued until 2022.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamenz; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaus_Kamenz; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutberg_(Kamenz); https://kamenz-entdecken.de/orte?q=Lessinggymnasium; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/13._K%C3%B6niglich_S%C3%A4chsisches_Infanterie-Regiment_Nr._178; https://kamenz-entdecken.de/orte?q=Postamt, https://www.alles-lausitz.de/postfiliale-in-kamenz-schliesst.html]