Wachtendonk at the confluence of
Niers River and
Nette River is a municipality in the district of
Kleve
Kleve (; traditional en, Cleves ; nl, Kleef; french: Clèves; es, Cléveris; la, Clivia; 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 ...
in
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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. It is located west of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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half way between
Duisburg
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and
Venlo
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at the
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
border. Its name means 'bailiff's Donk'.
Gallery
File:Wachtendonk.JPG, Feldstrasse
File:Wachtendonk-Thal Joaphat.JPG, Old Monastery 'Thal Josaphat'
File:Wankum, Sankt Martin Kirche in straatzicht foto1 2012-08-20 17.28.jpg, Wankum, church (Sankt Martin Kirche) in the street
References
External links
*
Kleve (district)
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