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. 15km north-east of Venlo.

Kerken includes Nieukerk, which has the Haus Lawaczeck Museum. This is believed to have the best exhibition of work by Alfred Mailick.

Population

Personalities

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

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