Burg Empel

Burg Empel is a ruins in Rees, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia. Burg Empel is situated nearby to the castle Haus Empel, as well as near the lake Empelsches Meer.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haus Empel and Empel-Rees station.

Haus Empel

Castle

Photo: Pelikana, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Haus Empel is a castle.

Empel-Rees station

Railway station

Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Empel-Rees is a railway station in Empel near Rees, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is served by RE services operated by VIAS. Empel-Rees station is situated 540 metres north of Burg Empel.

St. Quirinus

Church

Photo: Pelikana, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Quirinus is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Burg Empel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Groin and Rees.

Groin

Hamlet

Photo: TeleD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Groin is a hamlet.

Rees

Town

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rees is a town in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately 20 km east of Kleve. Rees is situated 4 km south of Burg Empel.

Megchelen

Village

Megchelen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a tiny hook of land surrounded on three sides by the German border in the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek, about 7 km southeast of the town of Ulft on the Zwanenburgseweg. Megchelen is situated 5 km north of Burg Empel.

Burg Empel

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Rees, Kleve, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.79387° or 51° 47′ 38″ north

Longitude

6.41735° or 6° 25′ 3″ east

Open location code

9F38QCV8+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1994596414

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Empelsches Meer and Naturschutzgebiet Empeler Meer.

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