Kalkar - Kalkar

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Kalkar
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
13.902 (2019)
height
14 m
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Kalkar

Kalkar is a city on Lower Rhine and borders in the north Emmerich on the Rhine, in the east Rees, in the south Xanten and Uedem as well as in the west Kleve and Bedburg-Hau.

background

The city has a beautiful medieval center and other attractions. The disputes over the construction of the "fast breeder", a planned nuclear power plant in the 1970s, which was completed but never put into operation, made for greater awareness. The urban area covers around 88 km². The following districts belong to the city of Kalkar:

  • Neulouisendorf
  • Hanselaer
  • Reverse
  • Appeldorn
  • Niedermörmter
  • Hönnepel
  • Wisselward
  • Wissel
  • Grieth
  • Bylerward
  • Emmericher Eyland

The Kalflack flows through the municipality, whose course in the 19th century, when the water level was high enough, was used as a shipping route from Kalkar to the confluence with the Rhine opposite Emmerich was used

getting there

Neighboring towns of Kalkar
KleveEmmerich on the Rhine 20 km
Bedburg-HauCardinal points.pngRees
UedemXanten

By plane

The closest airports are the Weeze Airport (IATA code: NRN, distance: 17 km), the special airport Wesel-Römerwardt (31 km) and the international ones Düsseldorf airports (DUS, 78 km), and Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS, 152 km)

By train

The next train stations are in Goch (12 km). Trains of the RE 10 “Niers-Express” stop in Goch every hour, from Monday to Friday even every half hour Kleve above Krefeld to Dusseldorf. Alternatively, you can also use the railway line on the right bank of the Rhine to Emmerich station. A night train from Amsterdam to Munich and Zurich stops here every day, the RE 5 (Rhein-Express) every hour and the regional train RB 35 ("Der Weseler") during rush hour.

By bus

A number of bus routes operate in local public transport to develop the region and the urban area. The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) applies and the NRW tariff applies to all tariff areas.

In the street

Kalkar is across the federal highways B57 (Kleve-Xanten) and B67 (Rees-Kalkar-Goch) connected to the trunk road network. The leads to the banks of the Rhine L 41, which at Hönnepel in the L 8 which connects the towns on the banks of the Rhine.

By bicycle

On foot

mobility

Map of Kalkar

The city center, which is interesting for tourists, is only 860 x 360 m in size and can be easily explored on foot. Cobblestones can pose a problem for wheelchair users. All districts can be reached by bike. There are no inclines or descents worth mentioning. Kalkar is a stop on the long-distance cycle path "2-country route"that of Nijmegen to Aachen leads. The long-distance cycle path begins in the neighboring town of Xanten "Roman route"that along the lip after Detmold runs. In addition, the long-distance cycle path runs throughVia Romana"(Xanten-Nijmegen) the city of Kalkar.

Tourist Attractions

  • 1 medieval city center The city has a nice little town center. On the market square you will find the court linden tree, as well as the town hall and the municipal museum.
  • 2 St. Nicolai in the center, 14th century
  • 3 Possibly Church from 1697 - in the Kesselstrasse
  • 4 Beguinage in Kesselstrasse is one of the largest and most beautiful medieval patrician houses on the Lower Rhine. There is a restaurant here today.
  • 5 Ulftsches house - on the church square, built around 1550, late medieval town house, today restaurant "De Gildenkamer"
  • 6 Windmill The Kalkar windmill from 1770/71 on Jakobswall is the largest windmill on the Lower Rhine with a 27.5 m cap height and 25 m blade diameter. It was restored in 1995/96 and is fully functional with two grinders. There are tours. There is a restaurant in the mill.
  • 7 St. Pancras The parish church in Altkalkar was first mentioned in 1281, completely destroyed in the Thirty Years War in 160 and rebuilt in the same place from 1689. In 1892 it was destroyed again and rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style.

Wissel

  • 8 St. Clement The village church is an earlier collegiate church from the 12th century. In the southeast corner of the church square, the Wissel Abbey Museum in a former canon house.
  • 9 House Kemnade The house Kemnade, originally built as a moated castle Grieth, still surrounded on three sides by moats, mid-16th century. Around 1850 it was rebuilt in the late classicist style.
  • 10 Wisseler See - Leisure park with campsite and natural swimming pool.
  • 1 Wisseler dunes Glider airfield and the nature reserve "Wisseler Dünen" in the middle of gravel pits
  • 11 empathize with Huismann's Mölle - from the year 1873, today as a youth meeting place

Grieth

  • From Palm Sunday to the end of October, the "Inseltreue II" passenger ferry crosses to Grietherort on the right bank of the Rhine.
  • 12 St. Peter and Paul - Medieval townscape with the village church St. from the 15th century
  • 13 House Grieth - First mentioned in 1371. The house, originally built for defense purposes, has been converted into a stately neo-Gothic building.
  • 14 Local history museum Grieth

Hanselaer

  • 15 Village center The appearance of the village has remained almost unchanged since the 18th century.
  • 16 St. Anthony Abbas - 15th century

Appeldorn

  • Location of the Pfeifer & Langen sugar factory
  • 17 Botzelaer Castle- Restored water castle from the 13th century, now a restaurant.
  • 18 St. Lambertus - Catholic parish church, predecessor church from the 12th century, rebuilt in 1949 after being destroyed

Neulouisendorf

  • a village of the "Palatinate Language Island"
  • 19 Possibly church - The neo-Gothic church with a rectangular choir was completed in 1861

Reverse

  • 20 St. Hubertus - The cath. Church was consecrated in 1968

Niedermörmter

  • 21 Reeserschanz The passenger ferry "Räässer Pöntje" crosses the more than 300 meter wide Rhine between Palm Sunday and the end of October Rees and Reeserschanz.

Hönnepel

  • 22 Sint Regenfledis - Church from the 15th century with renovations in the 19th century. Immediately next to the church is the Hönnepel house, a former knight's seat once domicile of the Lords of Hönnepel. The manor house is still surrounded by a moat today.
  • 23 Kalkar wonderland The amusement park "Wunderland Kalkar", former nuclear power plant

The Kalflack flows through the municipality, whose course in the 19th century, when the water level was high enough, was used as a shipping route from Kalkar to the confluence with the Rhine opposite Emmerich was used.

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An excursion to the Emmericher Rhine promenade.

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