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 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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