Cambs, Germany

Cambs is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Cambs
Municipality
Village church in Cambs
Coat of arms
Location of Cambs within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Cambs Cambs
Coordinates: 53°42′N 11°31′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Crivitz
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Günter Oepke
Area
• Total	20.82 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	634
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19067
Dialling codes	03866
Vehicle registration	PCH

Geography

Cambs is located 11 km north east of Schwerin within a large ground moraine area rich of lakes between the Schweriner See and the upper Warnow. There are three lakes on the municipal area: the s shaped 4 kilometres long Cambser See (lake of Cambs), the Weiße See (white lake) and the Schwarze See (black lake).

Beside the name-giving village Cambs there are four more villages within the municipality Cambs: Ahrensboek, Brahlstorf, Karnin and Kleefeld.

History

For several centuries the village of Cambs was an important post station at the postal line Schwerin-Güstrow. Cambs is mentioned documentarily first in 1341.

Infrastructure

Fire brigade

Like most villages around Schwerin Cambs got an auxiliary fire brigade.

Health

Even though Cambs got its local medical practitioner next hospital isn't very far away. Next hospital sites are the specialized rehab hospital in Leezen and the full-fledged hospital 'Helios-Kliniken' in Schwerin.

Transportation

Cambs is situated close to the newly built parts of the Bundesautobahn 14. The Bundesstraße B 104 goes through Cambs. The parts of this German federal highway close to Cambs are known accident hotspot. For this reason Cambs is a hotspot for traffic supervision by speed cameras as well.

The next train station is located in Schwerin.

Public transport bus service is available. Bus lines connect Cambs with Schwerin, Crivitz, Sternberg and a lot of smaller villages.

Local Law

The municipality of Cambs taxes second residence and dog ownership.

Points of interest

• church of Cambs built in 1856

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  schools of Cambs (Hauptschule and Realschule)
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  fire station and fire truck of the auxiliary fire brigade of Cambs
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  fire station of the auxiliary fire brigade Cambs
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  emergency medical services station Cambs
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  church of Cambs

External links

Media related to Cambs at Wikimedia Commons