Kempen

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Kempen
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Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′  N , 6 ° 25 ′  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Dusseldorf
Circle : Viersen
Height : 35 m above sea level NHN
Area : 68.8 km 2
Residents: 34,514 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 502 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 47906
Primaries : 02152, 02151 , 02845Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : VIE, KK
Community key : 05 1 66 012
LOCODE : DE KMP
City structure: 4 districts

City administration address : 		Buttermarkt 1
47906 Kempen
Website : www.kempen.de
Mayor : Volker Rübo ( CDU )
Location of the city of Kempen in the district of Viersen
Kreis Viersen Nordrhein-Westfalen Kreis Kleve Kreis Wesel Duisburg Krefeld Rhein-Kreis Neuss Mönchengladbach Kreis Heinsberg Niederlande Nettetal Tönisvorst Grefrath Niederkrüchten Brüggen Viersen Willich Kempen Schwalmtalmap
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The city of Kempen is located on the Lower Rhine in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a central city in the district of Viersen in the administrative district of Düsseldorf . Kempen is shown as a medium-sized center in the state development plan of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Natural space

Kempen lies on a flat central terrace , the so-called Kempener Platte , in the middle of the Lower Rhine plain . The terrace is covered with a thick layer of loess , which favors the agricultural use of the soil. The highest point in the city is 68  m above sea level. NHN the Wartsberg on the Lower Rhine ridge , an Ice Age moraine near the hilly district of Tönisberg ; The lowest point in the urban area is 30  m above sea level. NHN the area of ​​the Schwarze Rahm brook in the low of the Niers .

City structure

The city districts belong to the city of Kempen

  • Kempen (21,987 inhabitants; as of June 30, 2017);
  • Schmalbroich (1,787 inh.), This district brings together the various farmers around Kempen;
  • St. Hubert (7,944 inhabitants; as of June 30, 2017), about 2 km northeast of Kempen.
  • Tönisberg (3,207 inh.), Slightly elevated in the extreme north-east of the urban area.

Population structure

Population structure on December 31, 2011 by age group (IT.NRW)
Age group City of Kempen All parishes of the
Circle Reg.-Bez. Country same type²
number Percentage ownership %
Total population
thereof aged ... years		 35,694 100 100 100 100 100
under 6 1,645 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.9
6 to under 18 4,347 12.2 12.6 11.3 11.8 12.7
18 to under 25 2,880 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.4 8.2
25 to under 30 1,708 4.8 4.8 5.8 5.9 5.2
30 to under 40 3,384 9.5 10.3 11.6 11.6 10.9
40 to under 50 6.222 17.4 17.8 16.5 16.5 16.9
50 to under 60 5,736 16.1 15.4 14.6 14.5 14.9
60 to under 65 2,231 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.9
65 and more 7,541 21.1 20.5 21.2 20.3 20.4
18 to under 65 22,161 62.1 62.3 62.6 62.8 62.0
Female 18,360 51.4 51.3 51.5 51.1 51.0
Non-Germans¹ 2,303 6.5 7.5 12.5 10.7 8.2
¹ The “German / non-German” breakdown is influenced by the reform of the nationality law of July 1999 from the 2000 reporting year.
² Small middle town: Upper or middle center with less than 50,000 inhabitants.

Neighboring cities

Kempen borders in the north on the communities of Wachtendonk , Kerken and Rheurdt in the Kleve district and on the town of Neukirchen-Vluyn in the Wesel district . In the east is the independent city of Krefeld . To the south and west of the city are the city ​​of Tönisvorst , which also belongs to the district of Viersen, and the municipality of Grefrath .

history

Kempen, Alte Schulstrasse

The area of the city Kempen has been around 890 in the lifting registers of the Benedictine Abbey are mentioned as "Campunni". From the turn of the millennium, a rural settlement was built around a manor belonging to the Archbishop of Cologne . The oldest surviving document bears the year 1186.

Kempen became a city in the 13th century. In 1372 Kempen was granted the economically important market rights. The Electoral Cologne Castle was built between 1396 and 1400 . The city experienced an economic heyday in the late Middle Ages , around 2000 inhabitants lived in the city. The city's most famous son, the mystic Thomas von Kempen (approx. 1380–1471) , also lived during this period . During the Reformation there was also an Anabaptist congregation in Kempen .

The gradual decline of Kempens began in the 16th century. In 1579 the plague reached the city; almost half of the population died. In the Thirty Years' War , after the battle on the Kempen Heide , Kempen was besieged, captured and occupied by Hessian troops in 1642. In 1794 the left bank of the Rhine , including Kempen, was annexed by French revolutionary troops . In 1798 Kempen became the chief town ( chef-lieu ) of the 'Canton Kempen' in the Département de la Roer .

At the Congress of Vienna , substantial parts of the Rhineland were awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration was Kempen 1,816 to 1,929 county seat of the circle Kempen and came back to economic importance, including through the connection to the railway line Krefeld-Kleve . After the First World War , the city was occupied by Belgian troops . In 1929 the Kempen district was restructured into the Kempen-Krefeld district , Kempen remained the seat of the district.

In 1933, the Nazi era also began in Kempen . The synagogue in the Umstraße was set on fire during the Reichspogromnacht . On December 10, 1941, 124 Jews from the district in Kempen were taken to freight cars and deported to Latvia to the Riga ghetto . During the war years 1943–1945, Kempen suffered several bomb attacks . B. on 2/3 October 1942, on 21./22. June 1943 and November 8, 1944. The destination was, among other things, the train station and the railroad tracks of the railway junction. On February 10, 1945, 90 people died in an air raid by A-26 bombers . On March 2, 1945, planes dropped some bombs in the center. On the morning of March 3, US troops entered Kempen.

From 1966 onwards, the historic old town was extensively renovated . As a result of the regional reform in North Rhine-Westphalia on January 1, 1970, the previously independent communities of Schmalbroich, St. Hubert and Tönisberg came to Kempen. From 1970 to 1974, today's Krefeld district of Hüls also belonged to Kempen. Its reclassification to Krefeld was confirmed by the Federal Constitutional Court.

With the district reform , Kempen lost the district seat to Viersen on January 1, 1975 after more than 150 years . Kempen celebrated its 700th anniversary in 1994.

In the district Tönisberg of 1959 is , drilled shaft 4 of the coal mine Niederberg . It was last used as a ventilation and material shaft. The colliery tower was to be demolished first. It has been a listed building since 2015; the headframe is the last box-type scaffolding that still exists in North Rhine-Westphalia. The application procedure opened in 2002 was controversial because the city does not see itself as a mining city due to the fact that Tönisberg had never mined coal.

The Kempen city archive (plus Viersen district archive ) is in the Kempen Castle and is open to the public.

Culture and sights

The Kuhtor, the only remaining city gate
Kempen, provost church
Post mill in Tönisberg

The from 1396 to 1400 at the instigation of the Archbishop of Cologne Friedrich III. of Saarwerden built Electorate of Cologne country castle (conversion to the castle large by installing Windows 1634) provides with its three towers in a park with tall old chestnut trees one of the landmarks of the city. At present houses the Castle including the county and city archives and is internally not touristic accessible.

The core of the city, which has only expanded considerably in the last few decades, is the concentric historic old town , which was previously enclosed by a largely preserved wall and moat. Today's street names with the endings "-wall" or "-graben" indicate this past. After a fundamental reorientation in the 1970s, Kempen is considered a successful example of old town redevelopment. Since then, the streets are with her in part very beautiful old civil and half-timbered houses largely as a pedestrian identified and invite to atmospheric stroll. In particular, the Buttermarkt , the city's old market square , tempts you to linger in the street cafes. The sculpture "Kappesbauern" is considered a masterpiece.

Churches

The center of the city, which is visible from afar, is the provost church of St. Marien . It houses important historical carvings, three Antwerp reredos and paintings.

The former Franciscan monastery in Kempen , originally built from 1627 to 1630, in its current external form from 1746 to 1748, was used as a military hospital, teacher training college, high school, tax office and district administration after the Friars Minor were expelled in 1802. Today it houses the city Kramer Museum, the city library and the Thomas archive. It is connected to the adjoining Paterskirche (completed in 1640), the largest hall church on the Lower Rhine. Since 1979 - although it has not been abandoned as a church - it has been used as a museum for sacred art from the Lower Rhine and above all as a concert venue.

The chapel of the Holy Spirit adjoining the butter market , built in 1421 as the chapel of the hospital, experienced an eventful fate in its uses and was rededicated as a religious bookshop in 2005.

additional

The tower mill (built in 1481) is part of the city wall and was restored with windmill blades during its restoration. The Kuhtor , built around 1350, provides access to the old town from the north. The Peterturm (built at the end of the 15th century), part of the earlier, heavily secured Petertor, has been preserved from the southern city fortifications .

The Berfes , a rural half-timbered defense tower in St. Hubert, the post windmill in Tönisberg and the knight seats Haus Velde and Haus Steinfunder in Schmalbroich are particularly worth seeing in the other parts of the city . Immediately south of the city is the Romanesque chapel of St. Peter .

See also: List of architectural monuments in Kempen

Regular events

St. Martin's train

The Kempen St. Martins train is one of the largest in Germany and has been taking place on November 10th every year for 125 years. Thousands of Kempen pupils take part in this parade with self-made torches (lanterns), especially the Kempen pupils in grades 1 to 7, but also older pupils and Kempen children from nearby schools. St. Martin's procession is led by St. Martin on horseback, accompanied by two heralds who are also mounted. Accompanied by many music bands from all over the Lower Rhine, the children carry their torches through the streets of the historic old town and sing the traditional Martin songs. After a big fireworks display from the towers of the Kurkölnische Burg, each child receives a Martin bag in the town hall, filled with various delicacies (the so-called "blo-es"). There is also a big fire on the butter market. After the train, the children still sing for goodies at the front doors. For several years now, the day before the “big” Martinszug, the kindergarten and toddler procession has taken place. After this Martinszug, the coat sharing with beggar scene takes place on the butter market.

Rose Monday procession

Every three years there in the Kempen Rosenmontagszug place of the Kempen Karnevalsverein 1914 e. V. is organized.

Old town run

Every year there is the big old town run in Kempen, which is organized by the United Gymnastics Association VT-Kempen.

Cycling race "around the castle"

The international cycling classic "Around the Castle" has traditionally been held on the 1st Sunday in October for over 50 years. Due to the doping allegations in cycling, this was canceled for the first time in 2007.

Other Events

Other events include the Kempen Christmas market , the craft market and the Old Town Festival , which has been linked to the International Highland Games that have been taking place on the Kempen Burgwiese since 2003 . Musical events are the regular classical monastery concerts and the Kempen Music Festival , which takes place every two years , both of the Kempen Klassik e. V. organized.

education

The city of Kempen has a long tradition as a school location. The secondary schools are located in a residential area northwest of the old town. The oldest school (founded in 1659) is the Europaschule Gymnasium Thomaeum . The Kempen Vocational College (now “Rhein-Maas Vocational College”) is one of the largest schools in the district with other locations in Nettetal and Willich; it is attended by around 3800 schoolchildren. Kempen is also the location of a DEULA education center. The German branch of the Dutch Fontys University with master’s modules, courses and research projects is located in the Niederrhein Technology Center. This makes the city of Kempen the only city in the Viersen district with a university branch.

Kempen has the following general education schools and types of schools:

  • 2 high schools with around 2000 students
  • 1 Städt. Kempen comprehensive school
    • since the school year 2014/2015 as the successor to the Erich-Kästner-Realschule and Martin-Schule (secondary school), which finally expired in 2019
  • 7 primary schools with around 1,880 students
  • 1 special school with around 140 students
    • Support center east of the district of Viersen (sub-location Klixdorf)
  • Music school of the Viersen district

Professional and higher educational institutions:

Sports facilities

  • "Aqua-sol" indoor and outdoor pools
  • 14 sports and gymnastics halls
  • 6 sports fields
  • 5 tennis courts (3 outdoor areas, 2 indoor tennis courts)
  • 2 riding facilities
  • 7 shooting ranges
  • 2 skate facilities
  • 4 fitness centers
  • Dance schools
  • Königshüttesee

societies

Statistically, every third Kempen member is a member of a sports club . The largest club in town is the 'Vereinigte Turnerschaft 1859 e. V. ', known nationwide primarily for its successful women's handball department. The DJK VfL Tönisberg played with its soccer team in the regional league until 2015. There is a swimming club called “Aegir 21”, which represents Kempen with its members of all ages regionally and internationally in swimming competitions.

Aside from the traditionally heavily frequented sports swimming, soccer, handball, volleyball as well as gymnastics and gymnastics, there are also a number of fringe sports that are more popular in Kempen. The Kempener Turnverein 1960 has the largest trampoline department in Germany with over 460 members . The sailing surf club has its own water sports area with the Königshütte lake, where sailing, diving, surfing and fishing are possible. The townscape also includes the flatland boules Kempen, who practice their sport at the mill or the castle. There are also eight shooting clubs and four music trains in Kempen.

dialect

In Kempen you “call” “Kemp`sch Platt” (in the St. Hubert district it is called “Hüppersch Plott” and in Tönisberg “Berger Platt”). The city of Kempen, with its districts in the Dutch-speaking area, is located north of the so-called Benrath Line (with the maache-maake distinction), which separates southern Central Franconian (also called Ripuarian ) from northern Dutch. Kempen is also north of another line, the Uerdinger dialect line , which runs from the Rhine via Traar, past Hüls to Kempen and Venlo. This Uerdingen line (also called ek-ech border) separates the southern Lower Franconian (which is spoken in Uerdingen and Krefeld, for example) from the northern Lower Franconian , which z. B. is spoken in Hüls (see Hölsch Plott ) and Kempen and the places north of it in the Lower Rhine.

One of the main differences is the pronunciation of the personal pronoun "I", which is spoken as "ech" or "isch" in southern Lower Franconia, but as "ek" or "eck" in northern Lower Franconia. The word “also” is pronounced differently, namely as “ook” in the north and as “ooch” further south. The verb “have” is also spoken differently: in Kempen one says z. B. "we häbbe". Further south it says “we hant”.

Even if the dialect is on the decline, Kempener Platt is cultivated at carnival, on dialect evenings and in clubs ( VN ). There is also a rich dialect literature (including "Min Kempe" by Wilhelm Grobben; as well as various publications and books by the St. Hubert-born author Jupp Pasch). Another interesting source of dialect is a privately operated website "min-kempe".

politics

Distribution of seats in the Kempen City Council after the 2009 local elections

Local election 2009

In the local elections in 2009 there was a turnout of 55.96% (−2.63%). The CDU received 47.1% (−2.33%) and the SPD 22.9% (−5.3%) of the vote. The Greens achieved 12.7% (+ 0.87%) and the FDP 10.8% (+ 0.21%). The Free Voters Kempen (FWK), who appeared for the first time, won 6.5% of the votes. Volker Rübo (CDU) was elected mayor with 62.1% of the vote. The mayoral candidates, Andreas Gareißen (SPD) and Achim Straeten (B 90 / Die Grünen), received 24.7% and 13.3% of the vote, respectively.

Local election 2014

In the 2014 council election, the turnout was 56.51% (+0.55%). The CDU received 45.99% (-1.13%) and the SPD 24.62% (+1.73%) of the vote. The Greens achieved 13.30% (+0.65%) and the FDP 6.46% (−4.41%). The Free Voters Kempen (FWK) won 5.24% (- 1.23%) of the vote. The Left (not running in 2009) came to 3.46% and the NPD to 0.94%. This results in the following distribution of seats:

year CDU SPD Green FDP FWK left total
2014 20th 11 6th 3 2 2 44

Volker Rübo (CDU) was re-elected mayor with 50.85% of the vote. Andreas Gareißen (SPD) and Achim Straeten (B 90 / Die Grünen) received 23.88% and 10.80% of the vote, respectively. The candidates of the other parties were Irene Wistuba (FDP) 5.66%, Jörg Kardagies (Free Voters) 5.00%, Günter Solecki (Die Linke) 2.99% and Philippe Bodewig (NPD) 0.82%.

City Directors

The city directors are listed up to the introduction of the single-track administration top.

  • 1945–1947 August Färvers
  • 1948–1951 Wilhelm Dericum
  • 1951–1959 Peter Schrievers
  • 1960–1990 Klaus Hülshoff, honorary citizen of the city of Kempen
  • 1990–1999 Karl Hensel (CDU)

mayor

According to the North German Council Constitution , the top administration in Kempen was divided into two from 1945 to 1999 , and the mayor was active on an honorary basis. Since then there has been a single-track administration, the previous city director Karl Hensel has now become a full-time mayor.

  • 11 / 1869–1878 Theodor Mooren
  • 02 / 1879-02 / 1903 Christian Plum
  • 03 / 1903–11 / 1917 Karl Lück
  • 02 / 1918–03 / 1930 Josef Kloos ( center )
  • 03 / 1930–03 / 1933 Wilhelm Monar
  • 03 / 1933–07 / 1933 Josef Wolff
  • 09 / 1933-06 / 1934 Gustav van Beek
  • 07 / 1934-06 / 1945 Gustav Mertens
  • 06 / 1945–12 / 1945 August Färvers
  • 12 / 1945–11 / 1948 Peter Kother
  • 11 / 1948–11 / 1956 Matthias Hoogen (center, from 1949 CDU )
  • 11 / 1956–11 / 1968 Heinrich Tebartz (CDU)
  • 11 / 1968–11 / 1989 Heinz Aan den Boom (CDU)
  • 11 / 1989-10 / 1999 Karl-Heinz Hermans (CDU)
  • 10/1999–10/2009 Karl Hensel (CDU)
  • since October 21, 2009 Volker Rübo (CDU)

Town twinning

Kempen maintains twinning partnerships with four cities:

In addition, there are friendly connections to the community of Minheim an der Mosel.

Coat of arms and banner

  • Banner of the city of Kempen

  • Coat of arms of the city of Kempen

  • Coat of arms of the former parish of St. Hubert

  • Coat of arms of the former municipality of Schmalbroich

  • Coat of arms of the former municipality of Tönisberg

Blazon : “Fourth of silver, blue, red and silver by a continuous black bar cross, in 1 a pair of blue keys touching on the side of the cross-like handles with beards facing outwards, in 2 an unseen increasing golden crescent, on the left accompanied by a six-pointed golden star. "

The oldest city seal from 1305 already shows the crescent moon with a star and two keys turned against each other. The city coat of arms appears for the first time in 1486 on the back of the celebrant's chair in the parish church. The black cross symbolizes the sovereignty of Cologne's archbishop and elector, the keys belong to St. Peter, the moon and sickle are symbols of St. Mary (patron saint of the parish church). The colors black and white or silver come from the coat of arms of the former sovereign, red and blue are the Marian colors.

The banner shows the colors blue-red in a ratio of 1: 1 striped lengthways with the coat of arms in the shield slightly above the center. For general use, a flag without a coat of arms may be used.

Infrastructure

traffic

Street

Kempen is located south of the federal motorway 40 ( Antwerp - Venlo - Ruhr area ). The federal road 509 (Krefeld – Nettetal) runs from west to east through the city. The federal road 9 (Kranenburg – Cologne – Mainz – Lauterbourg) leads south of Tönisberg briefly through the city area. In addition, Kempen is connected to the neighboring communities by numerous state roads and district roads . With the exception of the west, Kempen is almost completely surrounded by a bypass road. As part of the renovation, the old town has been converted into a pedestrian zone with the exception of two streets, but has a parking guidance system with numerous parking spaces along the city wall.

railroad

Entrance building of the station

Bus transport

In addition, several bus routes run to the city districts and the surrounding communities, mainly every hour. The regional tariff of the VRR ( Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr ) and thus the NRW tariff applies to local public transport .

Public and cultural institutions

The city of Kempen is the seat of a local court and a tax office . The Hospital of the Holy Spirit Foundation manages two old people's homes . The aqua-sol leisure pool is located on the western edge of the city .

There is a well-attended cinema ( Kempener Lichtspiele ) with 4 cinemas on the market square . The city library is located in the rooms of the Franciscan monastery . The adjacent Paterskirche is used as a concert room.

Old town renovation

Restored half-timbered houses on Alte Schulstrasse

While strolling through the old town of Kempen, the visitor will again and again notice neat rows of old houses or medieval fortifications. The aim of the urban redevelopment between 1969 and 1994 was to preserve and bring to bear these testimonies of past times, while at the same time enabling Kempens to develop into a young, lively city private investors put into this project, in which building sins were cleared up within the old city walls, half-timbered and patrician houses were restored and motor vehicle traffic was largely outsourced - almost 80% of the 190,000 m² redeveloped circular area is now reserved for pedestrians and cyclists.

Finally, in front of the gates of the old town, the belt of the former ramparts and moats was exposed again and transformed into a green area that invites you to stroll and relax. This gave the medieval town center back its closed appearance.

In 1989 Kempen was accepted into the working group on historical city centers in North Rhine-Westphalia .

economy

In the mid-1970s, the district administration was moved to Viersen ; the city of Kempen tried to bring new jobs to the city by means of a stronger settlement policy. In the meantime, almost the entire area between the railway line and the bypass has become a large industrial area . The Niederrhein Technology and Start- up Center (TZN) has also been located here since 1995 ; it promotes start-ups.

The Kempen economy has a mix of numerous small and medium-sized companies from various industries . The focus is on the mechanical engineering , plant engineering (SEW ventilation and air-conditioning technology , Hülsenbusch Apparatebau, battenfeld-cincinnati) and electrical engineering ( Clatronic , Woodward Kempen GmbH), printing and trading ( te Neues ) and wholesale sectors , especially in the food and beverage industry ( Hefe van Haag , Kempen sales center , Kaas Frischedienst).

The production of food has a long tradition with the companies Sauels AG and Griesson - de Beukelaer (Doppelkeks Prinzen Rolle ), but it is becoming less and less important (e.g. due to the closure of Griesson - de Beukelaer at the end of 2020). The tertiary sector is becoming increasingly important for this. In particular, companies with business-related and ICT services (digitization) for industry fill this gap. The manufacturer of canvas dimension-polyant has a production site in St. Hubert.

The unemployment rate is 3.9% in the Kempen branch, at the lower end in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The old town of Kempen has a large pedestrian zone with numerous small specialist shops . The city administration has developed a center concept to protect the old town , which is intended to prevent shops with assortments relevant to the center from settling on the "green field" . Some large specialist stores are in the north of the city. The districts of St. Hubert and Tönisberg have smaller district centers.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Hugo Herfeldt (1847–1929), government builder and local politician
  • Peter Kother (1878–1962), a. a. mayor
  • Klaus Hülshoff (1925–2015), City Manager 1960–1990
  • Karl-Heinz Hermans, Mayor 1989–1999

sons and daughters of the town

Connected to the city

literature

  • Johannes Wilmius: Chronicon rerum Kempensium. Translated into German by Felix Rütten . Edited and ed. by Jakob Hermes. Lambertz-Tölkes, Krefeld 1985. (Chronicle from 1632.)
  • Gerhard Terwelp: The city of Kempen in the Rhineland. 1st part Festschrift for the 600th anniversary celebration. Kempen (Rhine) 1894.
  • Karl Baedeker: The Rhineland ... - Handbook for travelers. Verlag Karl Baedeker , Leipzig, 31st edition, 1909.
  • Hans Josef Birker: Kempen . Droste Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-7700-0603-8 .
  • Jakob Hermes: The old Kempen. A city in the mirror of the centuries. Krefeld 1982.
  • Josef Reuter: Pious Kempen. Holy houses, wayside crosses and other sacred works of art in the area of ​​the city of Kempen. Parish of St. Marien, Kempen 1987.
  • Ulrich Stevens, Friedhelm Weinforth, Carsten Sternberg: City of Kempen on the Lower Rhine. Ed .: Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection. Rheinische Kunststätten , issue 44, Neuss 1989, ISBN 3-88094-645-0 .
  • Friedhelm Weinforth: Campunni - Kempen. History of a city on the Lower Rhine. Series of publications of the district of Viersen, Volume 39.1. Viersen 1993.
  • Friedhelm Weinforth: Campunni - Kempen. History of a Lower Rhine City - Essays -. Series of publications by the district of Viersen, Volume 39.2. Viersen 1993, ISBN 3-928441-16-7 .
  • Veronika Schmitz: Who was that? Kempen street names are reminiscent of personalities , [Krefeld] 1994.
  • Josef Reuter: Thomas von Kempen in Kempen. Worship and memory. Parish of St. Marien, Kempen 1996.
  • Hanns Peter Neuheuser: The manuscripts of the Propsteiarchiv Kempen. Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-412-14097-X .
  • Axel Küppers, Philipp Wachowiak: People in Kempen. Brühl 2002, ISBN 3-936285-03-9 .
  • Lilia Wick: History of women in Kempen. Work, Education and the Public in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 3-89534-475-3 .
  • Christoph Dautermann, Ulrich Schäfer: "... very splendid and built with great effort ...". Building history and inventory of the provost church of St. Mariae Birth in Kempen. Series of publications of the district of Viersen, Volume 46, Viersen 2005, ISBN 3-931242-16-1 .
  • Solos Deo gloria. Museum for Lower Rhine Sacred Art in the Paterskirche Kempen. Published by Elisabeth Friese, Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster Kempen, Kempen 2005, ISBN 3-89355-945-0 .
  • Hans-Jürgen van der Gieth, Hardy Mosel: Kempen. Views. Kempen 2006, ISBN 3-938458-93-3 .
  • Ina Germes-Dohmen: God bless the honorable craft. History of the Catholic Journeyman's Association and the Kolping Family in Kempen 1856–2006. Kempen 2006, ISBN 3-933969-64-6 .
  • Hans Kaiser (2013): Kempen under the swastika. A district town on the Lower Rhine during National Socialism . Volume 1. Series of publications of the district of Viersen, Volume 49.1 ( ISBN 978-3931242206 )
  • Hans Kaiser (2014): Kempen under the swastika . Volume 2 ( ISBN 978-3931242213 )

Web links

Commons : Kempen (Niederrhein)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Kempen in the Topographia Colonia u. a. (Matthäus Merian)  - Sources and full texts
Wikivoyage: Kempen  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .  ( Help on this )
  2. ↑ Municipal profile of the city of Kempen ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.it.nrw.de Accessed May 31, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.it.nrw.de
  3. ↑ www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The process of becoming a town [...] came to a certain conclusion in 1294 with two documents from Archbishop Siegfried von Westerburg of Cologne . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de
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