Infos about Kleve

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Where the Rhine leaves Germany to divide into two rivers in the Netherlands lies the city of Kleve. 
From afar, the Schwanenburg, the landmark of the former ducal and spa town, points the way to Kleve. The city rises proudly above the countryside between the Rhine and the Reichswald forest on a steep hill.

In the Lower Rhine polder landscape, the wide lowlands of the Rhine, which has frequently changed its riverbed here, are bordered on both sides by gently rolling wooded hills. These hills are remnants from the ice age.

On the ridge that accompanies the river on the left bank of the Rhine from Xanten to Nijmegen, the Schwanenburg is located on a steep hill. This "cliff", the steep slope of the castle hill, gave first the castle and finally also the town the name Kleve (Kleve=Kliff).

Neighboring towns and communities: City of Emmerich, City of Goch, City of Kalkar, Municipality of Bedburg-Hau, 
Municipality of Kranenburg, City of Nijmegen (NL)

Information about Kleve and its surroundings can be found under the following links: Tourism Kleve, Kleve