Kempen: Thomas a Kempis Town, Medieval Walls, and the Lower Rhine's Well-Preserved Kleinstadt
Kempen has a population around 36,300 and lies on the Lower Rhine in Nordrhein-Westfalen, about 20 kilometres west of Krefeld. Thomas a Kempis, the probable author of "The Imitation of Christ" (one of the most widely read Christian devotional works after the Bible), was born here in 1380. The Thomaeum, a humanist grammar school founded in 1659, carries his name.
The medieval town wall survives in substantial sections, with the Kuhtor gate tower as the most prominent feature. The Propsteikirche St. Mariae Geburt dominates the market square. The Niederrheinisches Museum fuer Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte documents regional history and customs. The flat Lower Rhine landscape around Kempen is agricultural. Krefeld and Duisburg are nearby. Duesseldorf is about 40 minutes by car. Adult companionship follows NRW regulations.
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Kempen has a population around 36,300 and lies on the Lower Rhine in Nordrhein-Westfalen, about 20 kilometres west of Krefeld. Thomas a Kempis, the probable author of "The Imitation of Christ" (one of the most widely read Christian devotional works after the Bible), was born here in 1380. The Thomaeum, a humanist grammar school founded in 1659, carries his name.
The medieval town wall survives in substantial sections, with the Kuhtor gate tower as the most prominent feature. The Propsteikirche St. Mariae Geburt dominates the market square. The Niederrheinisches Museum fuer Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte documents regional history and customs. The flat Lower Rhine landscape around Kempen is agricultural. Krefeld and Duisburg are nearby. Duesseldorf is about 40 minutes by car. Adult companionship follows NRW regulations.
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