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{{Unreferenced|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox German district|
name=Kamenz |
state=Saxony|
dissolved = 2008-08-01|
capital=[[Kamenz]] |
regierungsbezirk=[[Dresden (region)|Dresden]] |
area=1,340.34|
population=154,954|
population_as_of=2001|
carsign=KM|
url={{URL|www.lra-kamenz.de}}|
map=saxony_km.png }}

'''Kamenz''' ({{langx|wen|Kamjenc}}, {{IPA|wen|ˈkamʲɛnts|pron}}) was a Kreis ([[district]]) in the north-east of [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring districts were (from north clockwise) [[Oberspreewald-Lausitz]], [[Spree-Neiße]], [[Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis]], [[Bautzen (district)|Bautzen]] - Budyšin, [[Sächsische Schweiz]], the district-free city [[Dresden]] - Drježdźany, and the districts [[Meißen (district)|Meißen]] and [[Riesa-Großenhain]]. The district-free city [[Hoyerswerda]] was surrounded by the district.

== 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. In August 2008, the Kamenz district and Hoyerswerda were merged into the district of [[Bautzen (district)|Bautzen]].

== Geography ==
The two major rivers in the district were the [[Spree (river)|Spree]] and the [[Schwarze Elster]] (''Black Elster'').

== Partnerships ==
Since December 14, 1990 the district had a partnership with the district [[Alzey-Worms]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].

== Coat of arms ==
{|
|- valign=top
||[[Image:Wappen Landkreis Kamenz.png|100px]]||The colors of the coat of arms are those of the [[Lusatia|Upper Lusatia]]. The black wing on the right side is the symbol of the Lords of Kamenz. The [[Tilia|linden]] leaf in the top of the left half stands for the [[Sorbs|Sorbian]] minority. The wavy line below symbolizes the three rivers Röder, 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 [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing|Lessing]].
|}

== Towns and municipalities ==
{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! align=left width=33%|Municipalities
! align=left width=33%|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Bernsdorf, Upper Lusatia|Bernsdorf]]
#[[Elstra]]
#[[Großröhrsdorf]]
#[[Kamenz]]
#[[Königsbrück]]
#[[Lauta]]
#[[Pulsnitz]]
#[[Radeberg]]
#[[Wittichenau]]
||
#[[Arnsdorf]]
#[[Bretnig-Hauswalde]]
#[[Crostwitz]]
#[[Elsterheide]]
#[[Großnaundorf]]
#[[Haselbachtal]]
#[[Laußnitz]]
#[[Lichtenberg (Lausitz)|Lichtenberg]]
#[[Lohsa]]
#[[Nebelschütz]]
#[[Neukirch, Kamenz|Neukirch]]
#[[Oberlichtenau]]
||
<ol start=13>
<li>[[Ohorn]]
<li>[[Oßling]]
<li>[[Ottendorf-Okrilla]]
<li>[[Panschwitz-Kuckau]]
<li>[[Ralbitz-Rosenthal]]
<li>[[Räckelwitz]]
<li>[[Schönteichen]]
<li>[[Schwepnitz]]
<li>[[Spreetal]]
<li>[[Steina]]
<li>[[Wachau, Saxony|Wachau]]
<li>[[Wiednitz]]
</ol>
|}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.lra-kamenz.de}} (German)

{{Germany districts saxony}}
{{Cities and towns in Kamenz (district)}}
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