Česká Kamenice

Česká Kamenice
Town
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Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Děčín
Commune	Děčín
Municipality	Česká Kamenice
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Coordinates
Area	38.76 km2 (14.97 sq mi)
Population	5,473 (2005)
Density	141 / km2 (365 / sq mi)
Mayor	Hana Štejnarová
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	407 21
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Česká Kamenice
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
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 5,500 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.

Concentration Camp

In spring 1944, the Rabstejn sub-camp of Flossenburg 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 1.

Notable Residents

• Hannes Hegen (1925), illustrator, caricaturist and creator of the comic Mosaik
• Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (1782-1834), botanist, entomologist, geologist, and physician

External links

• Municipal website (in Czech)
• Microregion Českokamenicko (in Czech)
• Historical Picture Postcards of Česká Kamenice
• virtual show