Kleve (deu)

Kleve

Kleve ranks 1,787th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nitra, Moscow Governorate, and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Memorable people born in Kleve include Joos van Cleve, Govert Flinck, and Anna of Cleves. Memorable people who died in Kleve include John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen and Adolf III of the Marck. Kleve has been the birth place of many politicians and painters and the death place of many politicians and noblemen. Kleve is located in Germany.

Kleve 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. Read more on Wikipedia