Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1225 rubuce-rubucen rubuce-rubuce da farko sun ambaci garin; Kamenz ya zama birni mai zaman kansa a cikin 1319, lokacin da Sarkin Louis IV ya ba da ƙasashen West Lusatian ga Sarkin Luxembourg John na Bohemia. A cikin 1346, 'yan ƙasa sun shiga cikin Lusatian League don kariya daga barons masu fashi da kuma kiyaye zaman lafiya na jama'a ("Landfrieden"). Duk da haka an kewaye garin kuma a ƙarshe Hussite ya mamaye shi
Sojojin da suka hallaka birnin Wittichenau kafin su kai hari kan Bautzen. A cikin 1493 Sarki Vladislaus II na Bohemia ya kafa wani masallacin Franciscan a arewacin garun garin Kamenz, wanda aka keɓe wa Saint Anne a 1512.