Kerken

Kerken () with the towns of Aldekerk, Eyll, Nieukerk and Stenden, is a municipality in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 15 km north-east of Venlo.

Key facts

German location.image_flag: Flagge Kerken.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Kerken COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Kerken in KLE.svg
German location.image_photo: Aldekerk, die Sankt Peter und Paul Kirche Dm32 foto5 2016-05-05 10.52.jpg
German location.image_caption: Church of Saints Peter and Paul
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Düsseldorf
German location.district: Kleve
German location.elevation: 32
German location.area: 58.17
German location.postal_code: 47647
German location.area_code: 0 28 33
German location.licence: KLE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 1 54 028
German location.divisions: 4
German location.mayor: Dirk Möcking
German location.leader_term: 2020–25
German location.party: Independent

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Population: 12860
Area: 58.17
Elevation: 32
Official website: www.kerken.de
Image: Aldekerk central station, Kerken.jpg
Dialing code: 02833
Licence plate code: KLE

Show 5 more facts

Commons category: Kerken
postal code: 47647
hashtag: Kerken
P6814: Kerken
P8168: Heinrich Friedjung

Sources (8)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

4 sections

Contents

Personalities
Sons and daughters of the city
Personalities who have worked on the ground
References

== Personalities == === Sons and daughters of the city === Herman op den Graeff (1585-1642), Mennonite community leader of Krefeld Johannes Ackermanns (1887-1962), municipal politician Franz Grobben (1904-1994), CDU politician Guido Winkmann (* 1973), football league judge