Kamp-Lintfort Explained

Type:	Stadt
Kamp-Lintfort
Image Coa:	DEU Kamp-Lintfort COA.svg
Coordinates:	51.5°N 6.5333°W
Image Plan:	Kamp-Lintfort in WES.svg
State:	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Region:	Düsseldorf
District:	Wesel
Elevation:	33
Area:	63.16
Postal Code:	47475
Area Code:	0 28 42
Licence:	WES
Gemeindeschlüssel:	05 1 70 020
Mayor:	Christoph Landscheidt^[1]
Leader Term:	2020 - 25
Party:	SPD

Kamp-Lintfort (pronounced as /de/) is a (small) town in Wesel District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 8km (05miles) north-west of Moers.

Notable people

• Jacob Wiener (1815-1899), medallist and engraver.
• Adolf Storms (1919–2010), member of the Waffen-SS and war criminal
• Brigitte Asdonk (born 1947), founding member of the Red Army Faction

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Kamp-Lintfort is twinned with:^[2]

• Edremit, Turkey
• Żory, Poland
• Chester-Le-Street, United Kingdom
• Cambrai, France

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as oceanic (Cfb). It lies within the Rhine-Ruhr area which is characterized by having the warmest winters in Germany.

Notes and References

1. https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020
2. Web site: Partnerschaften. kamp-lintfort.de. Kamp-Lintfort. de. 2021-02-15.