Kalkar
Kalkar | |
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Location of Kalkar within Kleve district | |
Coordinates: 51°44′20″N 6°17′33″E / 51.73889°N 6.29250°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
District | Kleve |
Subdivisions | 13 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Britta Schulz[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 88.2 km2 (34.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 14,191 |
• Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 47546 |
Dialling codes | 0 28 24 |
Vehicle registration | KLE |
Website | www.kalkar.de |
Kalkar (German:
History
Kalkar was founded by Dirk VI of
Air base
The
Nuclear reactor
Between 1957 and 1991, West Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands pursued an ambitious plan for a
Construction of the Kalkar reactor was completed in the middle of 1985, but a new state government was clearly against the project, and opposition mounted following the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986. In March 1991, the German federal government said that the SNR-300 would not be put into operation; the project costs, originally estimated at $150 to $200 million, escalated to a final cost of about $4 billion (equivalent to about $9B in 2023).[4]
The nuclear reactor plant has since been turned into Kern-Wasser Wunderland, an amusement park with a rollercoaster and several other rides and restaurants.[4]
Novel
In the science fiction novel "The Moon Maid", Edgar Rice Burroughs used "Kalkars" as the name for a malevolent fictional race living on the Moon and later invading Earth.
Gallery
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Windmill of Kalkar
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Gothic gable in Kalkar
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Municipal Museum Kalkar
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Evangelic church
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- U.S. Air Force. October 21, 2010. Archived from the originalon April 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ Alexander Glaser (November–December 2012). "From Brokdorf to Fukushima: The long journey to nuclear phase-out". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.