Kalkar is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located near the Rhine about 10 kilometers southeast of Cleves. Its Catholic church of St. Nicolai preserves one of the most significant sacral inventories from the late Middle Ages in Germany.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.738889 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone FAQs
What draws visitors to the old town of Kalkar?
A late Gothic church with carved altars, the largest surviving Gothic town hall in the Rhineland and many historic town houses.
The town describes its historic centre as a widely known tourist magnet. It names the late Gothic St. Nicolai church with its carved altars, known beyond the Lower Rhine, the largest surviving Gothic town hall in the Rhineland, the town museum, and many town houses from the late Gothic, Renaissance, Neoclassical and Historicist periods.
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1. Kalkar (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 14,467 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.738889, longitude 6.2925
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 14 m
P2046 (area)
area 88.2 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 14467 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (German): Kalkar
Wikipedia (German)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Juni 1936, war Calcar . [ 2 ] Kalkar, das 1230 gegründet wurde und vermutlich 1242 Stadtrechte erhielt, zeichnet sich insbesondere durch ein mittelalterlich geprägtes Stadtbild aus.
3. GeoNames: Kalkar - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2893837
51.73907 6.29101 P PPL DE 07 051 05154 05154024 14513 19 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 19 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 6.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 6.25
51.75 6.25 Cfb
Kalkar (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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