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Schwanenburg Kleve
Photo: Martina Gellert, CC BY-SA, Wirtschaft & Tourismus Stadt Kleve GmbH

Die Schwanenburg: Das Wahrzeichen von Kleve!

Die Schwanenburg als Wahrzeichen des Klever Landes prägt die Silhouette der Stadt. Sie wurde 1020 erstmals in den Klosterrather Annalen erwähnt. Da die Klever Fürsten ihre Abstammung vom Schwanritter Elias (Lohengrin) herleiteten, krönt heute noch ein Schwan die Spitze des höchsten Turms. Heute befindet sich im Schwanenturm ein geologisches Museum. Außerdem bietet sich hier ein eindrucksvolles Panorama über die Rheinebene bis in die Niederlande. In der Burg befinden sich die Amtsräume der Justiz. Sehenswert sind die beiden Portale im inneren Burghof. Der Gewölbekeller im Spiegelturm und das Stauferklo – eine Toilettenanlage aus dem 12. Jahrhundert - können bei Führungen besichtigt werden. Joseph Beuys war mit Kleve und dem Niederrhein stark verbunden. Das Motiv des Schwans zieht sich durch sein Werk und er selbst sah sich zeitweise als Nachfahre Lohengrins.

Opening times

Closed today

Saturday	11:00–17:00
Sunday	11:00–17:00

Bitte beachten Sie, dass der Schwanenturm momentan aus technischen Gründen geschlossen ist.

Saisonale Öffnungszeiten des Schwanenturms

1. April bis 31. Oktober: Montag bis Sonntag 11-17 Uhr

1. November bis 31. März: Samstag & Sonntag 11-17 Uhr

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Martina Gellert

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Public transport

Anreise mit dem Zug:

Sie erreichen den Bahnhof in Kleve mit der Nordwestbahn (RE 10 und Rhein-Münsterland-Express RE 7) und mit diversen Buslinien der NIAG. Zum Beispiel ab Bahnhof Emmerich mit der Buslinie SB 58.

Die Schwanenburg ist ca. 1 Km vom Bahnhof entfernt. Sie können duch die Fußgängerzone (Große Straße) zur Burg hinauf laufen.

Parking

Eine Übersicht aller Parkmöglichekeiten in Kleve finden Sie auf der Internetseite der Stadt Kleve:

https://www.kleve.de/de/inhalt/parken/

Coordinates

51.786932, 6.138959

DMS

51°47'13.0"N 6°08'20.3"E

UTM

32U 302675 5741213

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Schwanenburg

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Schlossstraße 1
47533 Kleve
Nordrhein-Westfalen
+49 2821 22884 E-mail: info@klevischer-verein.de

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