Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Kleve (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Museum Kurhaus Kleve, XOX-Theater Kleve, and B.C. Koekkoek-Haus. Also, be sure to include Collegiate Church in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia).
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Museum Kurhaus Kleve
Museum Kurhaus Kleve is an art museum in Kleve on the Lower Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia. It bears its name because of the building's original function, when Kleve was a spa resort, especially popular with wealthy Prussians and Dutch, as "Bad Cleve" between 1742 and 1914. The predecessor of the Kurhaus was a drinking hall built in 1754. The classicist building is located in the immediate vicinity of the Tiergartenwald forest and the 17th-century park of Prince Moritz of Nassau-Siegen.
Since 1997, when the Museum Kurhaus Kleve became the municipal museum, it has been financially supported alongside the B.C. Koekkoek House by an initiative of the Friends of the Museum Kurhaus and Koekkoek House Kleve, the NRW Foundation and the City of Kleve.
Address: Tiergartenstr. 41, 47533 Kleve
XOX-Theater Kleve
Theatre in Kleve, Germany. XOX-Theater Kleve is a theatre in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[1]
Address: Briener Straße 6-12, Kleve
B.C. Koekkoek-Haus
The Museum B.C. Koekkoek House is the former home of the Dutch painter Barend Cornelis Koekkoek and his family. The listed building in Kleve at Koekkoekplatz 1, formerly Kavarinerstraße 33, has been used as a museum since 1960. Under the name Städtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek it served as a museum of the city of Kleve until 1997.
Since 1997, when the Museum Kurhaus Kleve became the municipal museum, it has continued as the B.C. Koekkoek House Foundation and as a special museum for Dutch Romantic painting around B.C. Koekkoek and his circle. It is financially supported by the B.C. Koekkoek-Haus Foundation, an initiative of the Friends of the Museum Kurhaus and Koekkoek-Haus Kleve, the NRW Foundation and the City of Kleve.
Address: Koekkoekplatz 1, 47533 Kleve
Collegiate Church
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-a church in the city of Kleve, Germany, in the union country of North Rhine-Westphalia. Established in the Gothic style in the fourteenth and fifteenth century as a collegiate church, from 1803 a parish church.
Address: Kapitelstr. 10, 47533 Kleve
Tiergarten
The Kleve Zoo is a zoo in Kleve, Germany. It houses about 350 animals with a focus on mostly old, endangered domestic breeds. As part of the European Conservation Breeding Program, it also keeps kulans and lesser pandas. It is run by the Kleve Zoo Association (Verein Tiergarten Kleve e. V.). Since January 2021, Martin Polotzek, a qualified veterinarian, has been in charge of the 6-hectare park. With the new management, the park is also more committed to endangered wildlife: Thus, since 2021, maras and armadillos also live in the zoo. A species conservation day was also held for the first time in 2021.
A special feature of the 6-hectare family zoo is its closeness to the animals, with visitors able to feed most of the animals from their hands with food available in the park. Another highlight is the show feeding with the seals. A new master plan will determine the future direction of the park.
The Tiergarten borders on the Neuer Tiergarten park and can already be seen clearly from the street at the "Neuer Eiserner Mann" column statue.
Address: Tiergartenstr. 74, 47533 Kleve
Kleine Evangelische Kirche
The Kleine Evangelische Kirche is a church building in the district town of Kleve on the lower Lower Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia. It belongs to the Protestant parish of Kleve. The church, which was consecrated in the name Trinitatiskirche on the Sunday after Pentecost 1621, is popularly known as the Kleine Kirche. It was originally the Lutheran church in the traditionally confessionally tolerant Prussian residential town of Kleve.
Alte Kirche Kellen
The Old Church of Kellen is located on Kreuzhofstraße in the formerly independent municipality of Kellen, which is now a district of the district town of Kleve in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Old Church stands on a geest-like elevation, on a site where the former center of the municipality of Kellen was located until the beginning of the 20th century. This is not surprising, since this area offered a certain protection from the regular floods of the Rhine floodplain due to its elevated position. The church is under the patronage of St. Willibrord.
Address: An der Kirche 27, 47533 Kleve
Wasserburg Rindern
Wasserburg Rindern is a former manor house in the village of Rindern, which is now part of the urban area of Kleve. The moated castle has served as the seat of the "Katholische Heimvolkshochschule Wasserburg Rindern" since 1956.
Address: Wasserburgallee 120, Kleve
Eiserner Mann
The Iron Man, more correctly New Iron Man, is a statue in Kleve. It is located in the baroque gardens with amphitheater at the Tiergarten and was made by Stephan Balkenhol. The statue commemorates Prince Johann Moritz of Nassau-Siegen and was unveiled on his 400th birthday on June 18, 2004.
Its predecessor was a 17th century column statue of the same name, which probably depicted the mercenary Martin Schenk von Nideggen, the builder of the Schenkenschanz fortress in the fork of the Rhine and Waal rivers. This image column was destroyed by French revolutionary troops in 1794.
Rindern
Rindern is a village in the Kleve of Lower Rhine region of Germany. It is part of the town Kleve.[2]
Schwanenburg Castle
Historical landmark in Kleve, Germany. The Schwanenburg Castle, in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill. It is located at the northern terminus of the Kermisdahl where it joins with the Spoykanal, which was previously an important transportation link to the Rhine.[3]