North Rhine-Westphalia
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Kleve

Wachtendonk

Wachtendonk at the confluence of and Nette River is a municipality in the district of in , . It is located west of the Rhine halfway between and at the border. Its name means 'bailiff's Donk'.
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  • Type: Village with 8,220 residents
  • Description: municipality in Kleve District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Also known as: “05154060”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Burg Wachtendonk and Abtei Mariendonk.

Castle
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is a castle.

Monastery
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is a monastery, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Wachtendonk.

Farmhouse
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is a farmhouse, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Wachtendonk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Straelen and Wankum.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in , . It is located near the border with the , approx. 10 km north-east of . Twinning : in Meurthe-et-Moselle, since 7 July 1963. is situated 6 km northwest of Wachtendonk.

Village
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is a part of Wachtendonk in , . Its location, near the A40 autobahn close to the border with , is infamous with British motorists who pass the sign to the exit shortly after entering Germany and view the name with amusement due to its two syllables in written appearance.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Wachtendonk.

Wachtendonk

Latitude
51.4065° or 51° 24′ 24″ north
Longitude
6.3353° or 6° 20′ 7″ east
Population
8,220
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
9F38C84P+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1880183456
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6553036
Wiki­data ID
Q243139
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Wachtendonk” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wachtendonk”
  • Aragonese: “Wachtendonk”
  • Arpitan: “Wachtendonk”
  • Asturian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Basque: “Wachtendonk”
  • Bavarian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Belarusian: “Вахтэндонк”
  • Breton: “Wachtendonk”
  • Catalan: “Wachtendonk”
  • Cebuano: “Wachtendonk”
  • Chinese: “瓦赫滕东克”
  • Chinese: “瓦赫滕東克”
  • Corsican: “Wachtendonk”
  • Croatian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Czech: “Wachtendonk”
  • Danish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Dutch: “Wachtendonk”
  • Esperanto: “Wachtendonk”
  • Estonian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Finnish: “Wachtendonk”
  • French: “Wachtendonk”
  • Friulian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Galician: “Wachtendonk”
  • German: “Wachtendonk”
  • Hungarian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Icelandic: “Wachtendonk”
  • Ido: “Wachtendonk”
  • Indonesian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Interlingua: “Wachtendonk”
  • Interlingue: “Wachtendonk”
  • Irish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Italian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Kazakh: “Вахтендонк”
  • Kirghiz: “Вахтендонк”
  • Kongo: “Wachtendonk”
  • Korean: “바히텐동크”
  • Kurdish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Ladin: “Wachtendonk”
  • Ligurian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Limburgan: “Wachtedónk”
  • Limburgan: “Wachtendonk”
  • Low German: “Wachtendonk”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Malagasy: “Wachtendonk”
  • Malay: “Wachtendonk”
  • Minangkabau: “Wachtendonk”
  • Narom: “Wachtendonk”
  • Neapolitan: “Wachtendonk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wachtendonk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wachtendonk”
  • Norwegian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wachtendonk”
  • Persian: “واختندونک”
  • Picard: “Wachtendonk”
  • Piemontese: “Wachtendonk”
  • Polish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Portuguese: “Wachtendonk”
  • Romanian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Romansh: “Wachtendonk”
  • Russian: “Вахтендонк”
  • Sardinian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Scots: “Wachtendonk”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Wachtendonk”
  • Serbian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Serbian: “Вахтендонк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Sicilian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Slovak: “Wachtendonk”
  • Slovenian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Spanish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Swahili: “Wachtendonk”
  • Swedish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Swiss German: “Wachtendonk”
  • Turkish: “Wachtendonk”
  • Ukrainian: “Вахтендонк”
  • Uzbek: “Wachtendonk”
  • Venetian: “Wachtendonk”
  • Vietnamese: “Wachtendonk”
  • Vlaams: “Wachtendonk”
  • Volapük: “Wachtendonk”
  • Walloon: “Wachtendonk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wachtendonk”
  • Welsh: “Wachtendonk”
  • Wolof: “Wachtendonk”
  • Zulu: “Wachtendonk”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rathaus Wachtendonk and Gemeindewerke Wachtendonk.

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