Kessel is a
village
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in the
municipality
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of
Goch
Goch (; archaic spelling: Gog) is a town in the Kleve (district), Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands, south of Kleve and southeast of Nijmegen.
History
Goch is at least 750 years old: th ...
,
Kreis Kleve in the
German
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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The village has 2,129 inhabitants. Like Goch, Kessel is also situated at the banks of the river Niers.
In addition to the central village, the townships of Nergena and Grunewald also belong to it.
The western boundary of the village also forms the country-border with the Netherlands,
namely the villages Ottersum and Gennep. In the northwest the Reichswald is the demarcation.
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History
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, was probably born here in June/July 980.
Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
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