Grift
Grift is a drainage canal of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It discharges into the Ponter Dondert near Geldern. It is part of the Fossa Eugeniana, a planned 17th century canal that was to connect the Meuse near Venlo with the Rhine near Rheinberg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Steprather Mühle and Fort Lingsfort.
Fort Lingsfort
Archaeological site
Photo: Konijnewolf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Lingsfort is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southwest of Grift.
Haus Diesdonk
Castle
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Haus Diesdonk is a castle, which is situated 3½ km east of Grift.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Straelen and Guelders.
Straelen
Town
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Straelen is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo. Twinning : Bayon in Meurthe-et-Moselle, since 7 July 1963. Straelen is situated 5 km south of Grift.
Guelders
Town
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Geldern is a city in the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the district of Kleve, which is part of the Düsseldorf administrative region. The nearby Dutch province of Gelderland is named after this city. Guelders is situated 5 km northeast of Grift.
Arcen
Photo: ajok, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arcen is a village in the Southern Netherlands. Administratively, it's a part of nearby Venlo, but this small place really is a destination in its own right.
Grift
- Type: Locality
- Description: river in Germany
- Category: river
- Location: Geldern, Kleve, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Irish—“Grift” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Grift”
- Catalan: “Grift”
- German: “Grift”
- Irish: “Grift”
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Localities in the Area
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