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Kempen Facts & Customs

7 entries about Kempen

Former Castle Site Haus Padenberg

The remains of a medieval knight's estate near Tönisberg, still surrounded today by a water-filled moat.

Landwehr

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.

Landwehr Section at Kleinheierweg

A surviving section of a medieval border earthwork (Landwehr) at Kleinheierweg in Kempen's Schmalbroich district, protected as a ground monument since 1992.

Luise von Duesberg Gymnasium Kempen

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.

Moated Site of the Bollwerk Farm

Ground-monument-protected remains of a moat at a farmstead in Kempen's Schmalbroich district.

Stumbling Stones (Stolpersteine) in Kempen

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.

The "An der Vinnbrück" Redoubt

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.

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