Kleve (district)

Kleve
Cleves
Kleve; Cleves
District
	Flag Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 51°40′N 6°15′E / 51.667°N 6.250°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Düsseldorf
Capital	Kleve (Cleves)
Government
• District admin.	Christoph Gerwers (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,232.15 km2 (475.74 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	321,491
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	KLE, GEL
Website	kreis-kleve.de

Kleve (Cleves in English use) or Kreis Kleve is a Kreis (local-government district) in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Borken, Wesel, and Viersen in Germany, and the Dutch provinces of Limburg and Gelderland.

History

The district in its current borders was created in 1975 when the former district of Kleve and Geldern was merged with the Rees District towns of Emmerich and Rees and the Moers District municipality of Rheurdt.

The two precursor districts had been created in 1816 when the whole of the Rhineland became a province of Prussia. Territorially they corresponded roughly to the historic Duchies of Cleves and Guelders.

Geography

The district is located in the lower valley of the Rhine, in the region where that river flows into the Netherlands.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms, which was granted in 1983, combines the shields of the two constituent duchies.

The dexter side depicts the emblem of the dukes of Cleves: On a red (gules) field a white (argent) escutcheon (shield shape) with an eightfold fleur-de-lys (escarbuncle/metal shield reinforcement). The sinister side shows a golden (or) lion (in rampant position) on a blue (azure) field (background): the emblem of the dukes of Geldern.

Towns and municipalities

Towns (Städte)	Municipalities (Gemeinden)
Emmerich am Rhein Geldern Goch Kalkar Kevelaer Kleve (Cleves) Rees Straelen	Bedburg-Hau Issum Kerken Kranenburg Rheurdt Uedem Wachtendonk Weeze

Gallery of churches in Kleve

Bimmen, St. Martin
Düffelward, St. Maurice
Griethausen, St. Martin
Keeken, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt
Keeken, Reformed church
Kellen, St. Willibrord
Kleve, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt
Materborn, St. Anna
Rindern, St. Willibrord
Schenkenschanz, Reformed church

References

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

External links

Media related to Kreis Kleve at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in German)

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

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v t e Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
Urban districts	Aachen Bielefeld Bochum Bonn Bottrop Dortmund Duisburg Düsseldorf Essen Gelsenkirchen Hagen Hamm Herne Köln (Cologne) Krefeld Leverkusen Mönchengladbach Mülheim Münster Oberhausen Remscheid Solingen Wuppertal
Rural districts	Aachen Borken Coesfeld Düren Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis Euskirchen Gütersloh Heinsberg Herford Hochsauerlandkreis Höxter Kleve (Cleves) Lippe Märkischer Kreis Mettmann Minden-Lübbecke Oberbergischer Kreis Olpe Paderborn Recklinghausen Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Rhein-Erft-Kreis Rhein-Kreis Neuss Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein Soest Steinfurt Unna Viersen Warendorf Wesel
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