Appeldorn
Appeldorn is a district of the city of Kalkar on the lower left Lower Rhine . It is located in the south-east of the area of the city of Kalkar in the Rhine lowlands. At the end of 2018 it had 1,546 inhabitants.
geography
At the Boetzelaer Meer nature reserve , a former arm of the Rhine, lies Boetzelaer Castle , a former moated castle converted into a hotel, which is also used for cultural events. A sequoia tree grows in the garden (natural monument Kalkar ND06).
history
The so-called battle in the Reichswald took place in the spring of 1945 in the nearby Klever Reichswald and in the vicinity of today's town . In this battle for the Lower Rhine, the place was badly affected.
On July 1, 1969, Appeldorn was incorporated into Kalkar .
economy
Appeldorn is the location of the Pfeifer & Langen sugar factory .
Attractions
One of the most interesting buildings in town is the St. Lambertus Church . It consists of an old and a new part.
On the Fatima path, in the outskirts of the village, there is a Fatima chapel. There is also a particularly thick pear tree on this path (natural monument Kalkar ND 07).
Picture gallery
Fatima Chapel
Pear tree on the Fatima path
Monument on Eselsweg
Famous daughters and sons of the place
The politician Jürgen Möllemann grew up in Appeldorn in the 1950s and 1960s .
literature
- Günther J. Bergmann: Kalkar - the city guide for the center and the districts. With photos by Bernd Mörsen and maps and drawings by Karl-Heinz Rottmann. Mercator Verlag, Duisburg 2002, ISBN 3-87463-337-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City portrait. City of Kalkar, accessed October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 79 .
Altkalkar | Appeldorn | Bylerward | Emmericher Eyland | Grieth | Hanselaer | Hönnepel | Kalkar | Turnaround | Neulouisendorf | Niedermörmter | Wissel | Wisselward
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ' N , 6 ° 21' E