The village of Cämmerswalde in the municipality of Neuhausen/Erzgeb is in the south of the Saxon district of Mittelsachsen in eastern Germany. The state-recognised spa resort with its 800-year-old history, lies near Seiffen in the eastern part of the Western Ore Mountains not far from the Czech border. The village is a classic Waldhufendorf, with a length of over five kilometres. Cämmerswalde is divided into Oberdorf, Mitteldorf and Niederdorf (upper, middle and lower village). Since 1994, Cämmerswalde has belonged to the municipality of Neuhausen/Erzgeb, but used to be an independent parish with the hamlets of Deutschgeorgenthal, Haindorf and, from 1924, Neuwernsdorf and Rauschenbach.

Cämmerswalde
Location of Cämmerswalde in Mittelsachsen District and the municipality of Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Cämmerswalde is located in Germany
Cämmerswalde
Cämmerswalde
Cämmerswalde is located in Saxony
Cämmerswalde
Cämmerswalde
Coordinates: 50°42′35″N 13°30′05″E / 50.70972°N 13.50139°E / 50.70972; 13.50139
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictMittelsachsen
MunicipalityNeuhausen/Erzgeb.
Elevation
558 m (1,831 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total589
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
09544
Dialling codes037327
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Literature

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  • Festschrift 750 Jahre Cämmerswalde. Reinhard Rodefeld, 1957
  • Festschrift 800 Jahre Cämmerswalde. Festausschuss, Reinhold Hegewald, 2007
  • Um Olbernhau und Seiffen. Edition no. 1 Akademie-Verlag Berlin, Berlin 1985 (Werte unserer Heimat. Vol. 43).
  • Max Rennau: Zur ältesten Geschichte der Kirche in Cämmerswalde. Erzgebirgischer Generalanzeiger, 1930
  • Historisches Ortsnamenbuch von Sachsen. 3 volumes, ed. by Ernst Eichler and Hans Walther, revised by Ernst Eichler, Volkmar Hellfritzsch, Hans Walther and Erika Weber (sources and research into Saxon history 21), Berlin, 2001, Vol. I, p. 135
  • Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen. 41 eds., Eds. 1–15 revised by Richard Steche, Eds. 16–41 revised by Cornelius Gurlitt, Dresden, 1882–1923, Ed. 3, p. 3
  • Schumann, August (1817). "Cämmerswalde". Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen (in German). Vol. 4. Zwickau. p. 410.
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