Kehrum brings together church history, quiet places for devotion, and a Schützenfest celebrated by the community. The surrounding area, shaped by agriculture, is also part of the town’s character. If you’re looking for a holiday apartment, consider whether church art, community life, or the landscape should shape your stay.
Church Art and Places for Devotion
St. Hubertus Church in Kehrum was consecrated in 1968. In the 1970s, Aloys Klingen worked closely with the architect Toni Hermanns. For St. Hubertus, Klingen designed and created the tabernacle with its stele, the ambo, and the apostle candlesticks. Thus, alongside the year of consecration, specific names and liturgical works are central to the local church history. Those interested in sacred art will find a distinctive way to explore Kehrum that goes beyond a single date of construction.
Behind St. Hubertus Church is the Marian wayside shrine, a place for quiet contemplation for cyclists and local residents. The St. Birgitta shrine is on the country road in Kehrum, near the border with Uedem. It is more than 150 years old and serves some cyclists as a brief stop for prayer. The two places therefore differ both in their location and in their respective associations with contemplation and prayer.
Community Life, Landscape, and Monuments
The community associations in Kehrum celebrate the Schützenfest together every year. Dates vary from year to year; if you want to plan your trip around the festival, check the date for your intended travel year. This recurring event gives local community life a shared annual occasion, although it does not take place on a fixed date.
Kehrum lies at the intersection of the B57 and B67 federal highways, while the surrounding area is shaped by agriculture. These two aspects offer different points of reference when choosing a location: its position in the road network and the character of the surrounding landscape. When looking for a holiday apartment, you can weigh up whether you’d prefer to connect your stay with the town’s cultural themes or its rural surroundings.
A specific historic building is also part of the town’s profile: Pachlandshof at Reeser Str. 30 in Kehrum is listed as a monument under § 3. The date recorded is 24 April 1984. Along with the church and places for devotion, this listing adds to the different historical aspects of Kehrum.
Culture in the broader destination of Kalkar
The broader destination of Kalkar offers other distinct themes relating to cultural history. The townscape of Grieth am Rhein is shaped, among other things, by the late Gothic parish church of St. Peter and Paul. In Kalkar, St. Nicolai Church has nine late Gothic carved altars, sculptures, paintings, and contemporary glass art in 22 windows. Within Kalkar, different forms of church art and townscapes can therefore be found side by side.
Kalkar’s town hall was built between 1438 and 1445/46 in the Brick Gothic style. It served the town administration and trade and was also a courthouse. Its construction period and former functions give the town hall a distinct historical dimension, different from that of the church artworks. The town windmill forms an ensemble with a brewery and a beer garden. Together, these examples give Kalkar a varied architectural and cultural profile, clearly distinct from Kehrum’s local character.
View the overview of the wider destination: Kalkar.
