Camburg
Sign in to saveCamburg () is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 18 km northeast of Jena, and 13 km southwest of Naumburg. Since 1 December 2008, it is part of the town Dornburg-Camburg.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Quarter
- German place.Town
- Dornburg-Camburg
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen_Camburg.png
- German place.state
- Thüringen
- German place.district
- Saale-Holzland-Kreis
- German place.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
- Dornburg-Camburg
- German place.elevation
- 130
- German place.area
- 13.31
- German place.population
- 2899
- German place.Stand
- 2006-12-31
- German place.postal_code
- 07774
- German place.area_code
- 036421
- German place.licence
- SHK
- German place.divisions
- 9
- German place.website
- www.stadt-camburg.de
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Encyclopedic overview
Camburg () is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 18 km northeast of Jena, and 13 km southwest of Naumburg. Since 1 December 2008, it is part of the town Dornburg-Camburg.
The first mention of Camburg dates from 1088, and during the Middle Ages the Burg was a residence of the Wettiner family. Camburg castle controls a crossing of the Saale which was an important trade route for salt being carried from Bad Sulza towards the south east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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