Landmarks & Sights in Kempen

7th Station: The Entombment of Christ

Roman Catholic wayside shrine dedicated to the 'Seven Sorrows of Mary'; the original Entombment relief is no longer present.

Georgsbrunnen (War Memorial)

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A 1912 fountain and war memorial on the Buttermarkt in Kempen, crowned by St George doing battle with the dragon.

Haus Baaken

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A listed half-timbered house in Tönisberg with a Dutch late-Baroque façade, serving as an inn for over 250 years.

Haus Erprath (Tönisberg)

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A former knight's estate in Tönisberg (Kempen) with a 19th-century manor house, listed as a protected monument since 1992.

Haus Velde

Former knight's estate near Kempen: a Renaissance building on the edge of the Schlootkuhlen nature reserve, its courtyard coat of arms bearing the year 1527.

Kempen Castle

since 1396

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Alongside Zülpich Castle, it's considered the best-preserved 14th-century Electoral Cologne stronghold — with extensive original masonry.

Kuhtor

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Built around 1350, the Kuhtor is the only surviving tower gate of Kempen's original four city gates.

Mahnmal vor der Burg

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War memorial standing directly in front of Burg Kempen, commemorating the two World Wars. Erected in 1939 and created by Helmut Hentrich and Hans Heuser.

Monument to Baron Felix von Loe

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A bronze monument on the grounds of Kempen Castle honouring the chairman of the Rhenish Farmers' Association, founded in 1882.

Peterturm

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The listed Peterturm is a rebuilt part of Kempen's once-demolished city fortifications.

Thomas à Kempis

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Monument to the Augustinian canon and author of "The Imitation of Christ," depicted seated with his masterwork in hand, since 1901.

Tönisberg Post Mill

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A post mill built in 1802 on the Tönisberg mill hill, opened to visitors by the local heritage society each Whit Monday.

Töpferdenkmal

A brick statue in Kempen's Tönisberg district commemorating the village's pottery tradition.

Villa Horten

Late Classicist villa from 1870 opposite Kempen Castle – briefly suspected crime scene in a 2008–2010 investigation.

Vinnbrück Treaty Memorial

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A small memorial house of fieldstone brick beside a bend in the B9 in Kempen-Tönisberg recalls, with a ceramic relief, the 1284 Treaty of Vinnbrück – a medieval alliance that echoed four years later in the Battle of Worringen.

War Memorial

A cross-shaped brick war memorial from 1933 in St. Hubert, listed as a protected monument (No. 127).

War Memorial Unterweiden

A 1925 war memorial in Kempen's Unterweiden district, listed as a historic monument since 1990.

Wayside Shrine "Seven Sorrows of Mary"

Late 19th-century wayside shrine featuring a relief of the "Seven Sorrows of Mary".

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