Klever Reichswald

#1211 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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The Klever Reichswald is an Imperial forest in North Rhine-Westphalia between the rivers Rhine and Meuse at the German–Dutch border. The forest is located in the municipal territory of Kleve, Goch, Kranenburg and Bedburg-Hau. It is the largest coherent wooded area of the lower Rhine and the largest coherent public state forest of North Rhine-Westphalia with an area of 51 km². ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°44'42"N, 6°0'12"E

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North Rhine-WestphaliaGermany

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Klever Reichswald – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Katharinenhof Kranenburg, GochNess, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Zelem Castle.

3 miN
Museum, Historical place, Monastery
Katharinenhof Kranenburg, Kranenburg
78 min walk • The Katharinenhof in Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, was used from 1446 until 1802 as the home of a convent of sisters of the Catholic Church. After that time, the building served various uses. Since 1961, the house serves as a museum.
4.7 miSE
51°42'9"N • 6°5'26"E
GochNess, Goch
121 min walk • Watersports, Sport complex, Water park
6.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve
160 min walk • 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...
5.2 miN
Forts and castles
Zelem Castle
133 min walk • Burg Zelem or Zelem Castle was a knight's moated fortress located in the lowland areas left of the Rhine River between the villages Mehr and Niel.
6.3 miNE
Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo
Tiergarten, Kleve
162 min walk • 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.
3.4 miE
Cemetery
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
87 min walk • Reichswald Forest War Cemetery-War Cemetery of the British Community from World War II located in the Reichswald forest near the town of Kleve in the union country of Rhineland North-Westphalia in Germany.
3.1 miN
Church
Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Kranenburg
79 min walk • The Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Kranenburg is also a pilgrimage church to the Miraculous Cross and was a collegiate church under the patrocinium of St. Martin from 1436 to 1802.
6.3 miNE
Church
Kleine Evangelische Kirche, Kleve
160 min walk • 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...
3 miN
Historical place, Tower
Mühlenturm, Kranenburg
77 min walk • The mill tower was part of the city fortifications of Kranenburg built from 1395 and served as the city windmill until World War I. Today, the building is used as a museum.
6.4 miNE
Town, Park
Forstgarten, Kleve
163 min walk • Kleve is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Cleves was capital of a county and later a duchy.
6.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Wasserburg Rindern, Kleve
175 min walk • 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.