Kleve

Location of Kleve in the Kleve Rural District, and in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Kleve (Low Rhenish: Kleef or Cleves in English) is the capital of the Kleve Rural District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It had about 52,000 people in 2021.

It was also the capital of the Duchy of Cleves (disestablished in 1795).

Kleve lies on the south bank of the Rhine river and borders the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Partly on Kleve territory lies the Klever Reichswald, an ancient forest dating from the Middle Ages.

Kleve Media

Cleves in the 17th century
Mid 17th century Forest Garden
Cleve Stadt und Hafen (um 1895).jpg

City and port of Kleve (c. 1895)
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British infantry advance through bombed-out Kleve, February 1945
Schwanenburg Castle Kleve, Germany
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De Kleefse tuinen
Borstbeeld Berend Cornelis Koekoek Kleve Cleves Kleef.jpg

Bust Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Haus Koekkoek Barend Cornelis Koekkoek Kleef Kleve Cleves.jpg

Haus Koekkoek Barend Cornelis Koekkoek Kleef Kleve Cleves

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