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Kalkar () is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The catholic church St. Nicolai has preserved one of the most significant sacral inventories from the late Middle Ages in Germany.

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German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Kalkar
German location.image_photo
Kalkar, monumentaal pand 2006-09-10 15.21.JPG
German location.imagesize
250px
German location.image_caption
Marktplatz in Kalkar
German location.image_coa
DEU_Kalkar_COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Kalkar in KLE.svg
German location.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region
Düsseldorf
German location.district
Kleve
German location.elevation
14
German location.area
88.2
German location.postal_code
47546
German location.area_code
0 28 24
German location.licence
KLE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 1 54 024
German location.divisions
13
German location.website
www.kalkar.de

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Mediendatenbank | kek-online.de

kek-online.de

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Official name
Kalkar
Population
14199
Area
88.2
Elevation
14
Official website
www.kalkar.de
Image
Kalkar 10 ies.jpg
Dialing code
02824
Licence plate code
KLE
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postal code
47546
Commons category
Kalkar
Commons gallery
Kalkar
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Kalkar
native label
Kalkar
hashtag
Kalkar
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Kalkar () is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The catholic church St. Nicolai has preserved one of the most significant sacral inventories from the late Middle Ages in Germany.

==History== left|thumb|St. Nicolai church Kalkar was founded by Dirk VI of Cleves in 1230 and received city rights in 1242. It was one of the seven "capitals" of Cleves (called Kleve), until the line of the Duchy of Cleves died out in 1609, whereupon the city went over to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves retired to Monreberg castle in Kalkar, where she founded a Dominican convent in 1455. Under her influence the city bloomed and artists were attracted to the favorable climate for cultural investment. She died at Monreberg castle in 1463.

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