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Kleve
Also known as Cleves, Kleef, Kleff, Clèves, Clivia, Cleve
Kleve (; traditional ; ; ; ; ; Low Rhenish: Kleff) 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. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is home to one of the campuses of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
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Kleve is a town in northwestern Germany near the Dutch border that was an important regional power from the 11th century onward, serving as the capital of the County and later Duchy of Cleves. Today it functions as the capital of the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia and hosts a campus of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
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- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.name
- Kleve
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- Kleve Schwanenturm vom Kleiner Markt PM17-2.jpg
- German place.imagesize
- 250px
- German place.image_caption
- Schwanenburg Castle
- German place.image_flag
- DEU Kleve Flag.svg
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Kleve COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Kleve in KLE.svg
- German place.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German place.region
- Düsseldorf
- German place.district
- Kleve
- German place.elevation
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- Territory of the municipality
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- Climate
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- City Council
- Mayor
- Language and dialect
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Kleve (; traditional ; ; ; ; ; Low Rhenish: Kleff) 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. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is home to one of the campuses of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
== Territory of the municipality == In addition to the inner city, the territory of Kleve comprises fourteen villages and populated places: Bimmen, Brienen, Donsbrüggen, Düffelward, Griethausen, Keeken, Kellen, Materborn, Reichswalde, Rindern, Salmorth, Schenkenschanz, Warbeyen and Wardhausen.
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