Kamen () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna.

Geography

Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approximately 10 km south-west of

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and 25 km north-east of

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Neighbouring cities, towns, and municipalities

* Bergkamen *

Bönen Bönen () is a municipality in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated between Hamm in the north-east, Kamen in the west and Unna Unna is a city of around 59,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the s ...

* Unna *

* Lünen

Division of the town

The town of Kamen consists of the following 6 districts: * Heeren-Werve *

Methler Methler is a quarter of the city Kamen in the district Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Historic development Methler is a part of Kamen since January 1, 1968. It was an independent commune until the first level of the communal rearrang ...

* Kamen (city centre) * Rottum * Derne * Südkamen

Council of the town

Elections held in May 2014. * SPD: 22 * CDU: 10 *

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: 4 * The Left: 2 * FDP: 1 * FW: 1

Mayor

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

Kamen is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: * Ängelholm, Sweden * Bandırma, Turkey * Beeskow, Germany *

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, Israel *

Montreuil-Juigné Montreuil-Juigné () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around north-west of Angers. Population See also *Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Main ...

, France *

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, Poland * Unkel, Germany

Transport

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

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.

Notable people

* Ernst Marcus (1856–1928), judge and philosopher *

Erich Weber Erich Paul Weber (born 12 September 1860 in Kamen; died 29 October 1933 in Berlin) was a German army officer, who served in both the German Imperial Army and the Ottoman Army during World War I, and ultimately attained the rank of General of Infan ...

(1860–1933), general * Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943), organist, composer and teacher *

Elmar Altvater Elmar Altvater (Kamen, Province of Westphalia, 24 August 1938 – 1 May 2018) was Professor of Political Science at the Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Free University of Berlin, before retiring on 30 September 2004. He continued to work at the institut ...

(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 Frank Fahrenhorst (born 24 September 1977) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a defender and is currently manager of VfB Stuttgart II. Club career Born in Kamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Fahrenhorst turned professional w ...

(born 1977), football player and coach

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Members of the Hanseatic League Unna (district)