Kerken

Kerken with the towns of Aldekerk, Eyll, Nieukerk and Stenden, is a municipality in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 15 km north-east of Venlo.

Sons and daughters of the city

 * Herman op den Graeff (1585-1642), Mennonite community leader of Krefeld
 * Johannes Ackermanns (1887-1962), municipal politician
 * Franz Grobben (1904-1994), CDU politician
 * Guido Winkmann (* 1973), football league judge

Personalities who have worked on the ground

 * Fritz Lewerentz, (1878-1945), SPD politician and victim of the Nazi dictatorship