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Historic monument

15 places in Kempen

Brick Wayside Shrine (formerly "Seven Sorrows of Mary")

Small brick wayside shrine in Kempen featuring a relief of the Seven Sorrows of Mary; formerly known by this name.

Kempen District Court

since 1892
3.2(14)· Google

Heritage-listed courthouse on Hessenring, home since 1879 to the district court serving Kempen, Grefrath and Tönisvorst.

Antoniuskapelle

4.7(6)· Google

Small 18th-century chapel at an old crossroads – with a slate-clad bell turret and brick altar table.

Arnold Janssen Chapel

3.9(592)· Google

A small chapel on the grounds of the Von-Broichhausen-Stift in Kempen that unites a listed 19th-century brick gable with a 1995 devotional space in honour of Saint Arnold Janssen.

Tönisberg Post Mill

4.5(68)· Google

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

Georgsbrunnen (War Memorial)

4.4(15)· Google

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

Haus Erprath (Tönisberg)

4.4(8)· Google

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

Heiligenhäuschen (Wayside Shrine)

A small Catholic wayside shrine with a rendered façade on the path to the Kreuzkapelle in Kempen, a listed monument since 1990.

Heumischhof Chapel

3.8(5)· Google

A listed brick chapel in Kempen's Schmalbroich district that grew out of a former beet barn and forms part of a four-winged farmstead.

Cross Chapel

An early-17th-century brick chapel on St. Töniser Straße in Kempen, a listed monument since 1983 and the destination of a sandstone Way of the Cross.

War Memorial Unterweiden

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

Kuhtor

4.5(262)· Google

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

Mennikes-Heiligenhäuschen

3.8(5)· Google

A wayside shrine from 1664 on Schauteshütte in St. Hubert – one of the oldest of its kind in the Kempen area.

Muttergotteshäuschen (Wayside Shrine)

Kempen's oldest wayside shrine to the Virgin Mary on Ellenstraße dates back to a 1540 endowment and is listed as historic monument no. 121.

Peterturm

4.5(4)· Google

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

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