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Geldern (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Geldern is a municipality in the northwest of the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the district of Cleves, which is part of the administrative region Dusseldorf. The population of the city is 34,000 sources in 2005. Geldern lies in the plains of the lower, northern Rhineland, west of the Rhine. The river Niers, a tributary of the Meuse, flows through Geldern. The stream Gelderner Fleuth flows into the Niers in Geldern. Geldern shares borders with Kevelaer and Sonsbeck to the north, Issum to the east, Kerken and Straelen to the south, and the Dutch municipalities Arcen en Velden and Bergen to the west.
Each summer Geldern hosts a street art contest, which attracts international artists. Geldern has the leading Whitsun funfair of the lower Rhine, a street party in summer and a Christmas Market. Several other events are organized in summer. There is an approximately 60 kilometers long cycle path along the Fossa Eugeniana, a never completed canal from the Rhine near Rheinberg to the Meuse near Venlo. It is a city with endless recreational opportunities, rich history, and modern day luxuries.
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