Kerken

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Kerken within Kleve district

(2020–25) Dirk Möcking^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total58 km² (22 sq mi)Elevation

32 m (105 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total12,750 • Density220/km² (570/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

47647

Dialling codes0 28 33Vehicle registrationKLEWebsitewww.kerken.de

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.

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

Personalities who have worked on the ground

Fritz Lewerentz, (1878-1945), SPD politician and victim of the Nazi dictatorship

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.