Kamp-Lintfort
SMALL-TOWN FEELING WITH AN INTERNATIONAL FLAIR

But there’s also a lot to discover in town. Kamp-Lintfort had been a mining town for almost 100 years, during which time housing developments were built for the workers and their families. The Friedrich Heinrich Estate is one of the best known. In the , you can learn how the “Kumpel” (friendly term for miners) lived together with their families around the year 1910.

The former on the outskirts of town is much older than the miners’ estates. Today it’s a museum which draws numerous visitors each year. Most tourists come in the spring and summer when the beautiful Baroque terraced gardens are green and in full bloom.

If you keep your eye out, you’ll notice how the look of the city changes as you walk through town. Next to the miners’ estates, which were built over the course of many years, there are high-rises dating back to the 1970s right next to buildings in the latest architectural styles, like the “EK3” shopping mall.

Such modern trends are integrated in the . The futuristic-looking building was opened to students and professors in 2014. Many students come to Kamp-Lintfort because the university of applied sciences is equipped with the latest technology and offers special degree programmes which are rarely offered at other higher education institutions.

For that purpose, the city built a large recreational pool adjacent to the lake. It’s called the “Panorama-Bad” and contains several indoor and outdoor pools. In addition to the swimming and diving pools, they also have beach volleyball courts and a ping-pong table.

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