Kamen

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Kamen within Unna district

(2018–23) Elke Kappen^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total40.95 km² (15.81 sq mi)Elevation

67 m (220 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total43,058 • Density1,100/km² (2,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

59154–59174

Dialling codes02307Vehicle registrationUNWebsitewww.stadt-kamen.de

Kamen (German: [ˈkaːmən] ^ⓘ) 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 Hamm and 25 km north-east of Dortmund.

Neighbouring cities, towns, and municipalities

Bergkamen
Hamm
Bönen
Unna
Dortmund
Lünen

Division of the town

The town of Kamen consists of the following 6 districts:

Heeren-Werve
Methler
Kamen (city centre)
Rottum
Derne
Südkamen

Council of the town

Elections held in May 2014. ^[3]

SPD: 22
CDU: 10
Alliance 90/The Greens: 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 with:^[4]

Ängelholm, Sweden
Bandırma, Turkey
Beeskow, Germany
Eilat, Israel
Montreuil-Juigné, France
Sulęcin, 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 (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

^ Bürgermeisterstichwahl Stadt Kamen 01.07.2018, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ Landeswahlleiterin NRW: Endgültiges Ergebnis für Kamen
^ "Partnerstädte". stadt-kamen.de (in German). Kamen. Retrieved 2021-02-15.