Near Hinterorbroich in Kempen's St. Hubert district, a section of a medieval Landwehr from around 1350 has survived — a protected archaeological monument and one of the last remnants of the former border fortification of the Electoral-Cologne district of Kempen.
A surviving section of a medieval border earthwork (Landwehr) at Kleinheierweg in Kempen's Schmalbroich district, protected as a ground monument since 1992.
The LvD on Berliner Allee looks back on a school history that began in 1867 as a girls' secondary school – today it is a Gymnasium with a strong music and STEM profile.
Small brass plaques set into the pavement across Kempen commemorate residents who were persecuted and murdered under National Socialism. They are part of Gunter Demnig's Europe-wide memorial project.
Remains of a medieval fortified redoubt on the old border between the Archbishopric of Cologne and the County of Guelders, site of the 1284 Treaty of Vinnbrück.