Cambs

This article is about the municipality of Germany. For the English county for which "Cambs" is an abbreviation, see Cambridgeshire.
Cambs

Coat of arms
Cambs

Coordinates: 53°42′N 11°31′E / 53.700°N 11.517°E / 53.700; 11.517Coordinates: 53°42′N 11°31′E / 53.700°N 11.517°E / 53.700; 11.517
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc. Crivitz
Government
 • Mayor Günter Oepke
Area
 • Total 20.82 km2 (8.04 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 618
 • Density 30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 19067
Dialling codes 03866
Vehicle registration PCH
Website www.amt-ostufer-schweriner-see.de/

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2013". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). 23 September 2014.

External links

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