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Kamen
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Kamen (German pronunciation: [ˈkaːmən] ⓘ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna.
Geography
[edit]Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approximately 10 km south-west of Hamm and 25 km north-east of Dortmund.
Neighbouring cities, towns, and municipalities
[edit]Division of the town
[edit]The town of Kamen consists of the following 6 districts:
- Heeren-Werve
- Methler
- Kamen (city centre)
- Rottum
- Derne
- Südkamen
Council of the town
[edit]Elections held in May 2014. [3]
Mayor
[edit]Hermann Hupe (born 1950) (teacher), was elected mayor in 2003 with 55,1 % of the votes, he was reelected in 2009 and 2014.
Twin towns – sister cities
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Transport
[edit]Kamen is maybe most known because of the nearby highway crossing, the Kamener Kreuz. The north-south directed A1 meets the east-west directed A2; due to the importance of both highways the crossing is prone for traffic jams.
Sports
[edit]The village Kamen-Methler is well known for its football training camps. The German football team prepared themselves for the 1990 World Cup win in Kamen-Methler. During the soccer world championship 2006 in Germany the Spanish football team lived there. The SportCentrum Kaiserau was notably used as the team base camp by the Albania national football team during the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Ernst Marcus (1856–1928), judge and philosopher
- Erich Weber (1860–1933), general
- Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943), organist, composer and teacher
- Elmar Altvater (1938–2018), political scientist
- Hans-Heinrich Bass (born 1954), economist
- Hartmut Weber (born 1960), athlete
- Bastian Seidel (born 1975), Australian physician and politician
- Frank Fahrenhorst (born 1977), football player and coach
References
[edit]- ^ Bürgermeisterstichwahl Stadt Kamen 01.07.2018, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Landeswahlleiterin NRW: Endgültiges Ergebnis für Kamen
- ^ "Partnerstädte". stadt-kamen.de (in German). Kamen. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ "Kombëtarja mbërrin në Gjermani, zyrtari i FSHF: Jemi grupi ferrit, vetëm një gjë na tremb!". Pamfleti. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
External links
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- Official site Archived 2018-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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