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Johanna Sebus (1791–1809) came from Brienen near Kleve. During a dam break in 1809, while flooding the Rhine, she first rescued her mother from the rising waters. In an attempt to save other lives, she ultimately perished herself. When her body was discovered three months later, the then sub-prefect in Kleve, Baron Karl Ludwig von Keverberg (1768–1841), initiated the construction of a memorial. The government of the French occupation of the Rhineland approved the proposal and had the monument erected in 1811. At the same time, Johanna Sebus was posthumously awarded the "White Rose," an honor established by Napoleon to be bestowed annually in every town and village within the French-occupied territories upon a particularly virtuous young woman. Johanna Sebus soon became a figure of collective memory in literature and music: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dedicated a ballad to her, and Franz Schubert composed a musical setting of this poem—albeit an unfinished one. In the 20th century, the musician and painter Béla Lajos (1929–2016) composed an opera for Johanna Sebus. To mark the 175th anniversary of her death in 1984, a Johanna Sebus Medal was established, awarded to individuals or institutions for "help in times of need." Architectural Description The memorial's form draws from the almost undecorated repertoire of a classicism that primarily employs stereometric, elementary forms. The taller-than-a-man, semicircular stele, made of bluestone, stands on a stepped cornice base and is backed by a semicircular stone bench. The front of the monument bears an inscription in French, above which is an inset medallion of white marble depicting a floating rose surrounded by twelve stars. The German translation of the French inscription on the back dates from 1953. It reads: “In memory of the seventeen-year-old beautiful and good girl from the village of Brienen, who perished on January 13, 1809, while helping to save lives during the ice floe on the Rhine and the great breach of the Cleverhamm dam.” The Johanna Sebus Memorial is owned by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and administered by the Düsseldorf District Government… (Fabian Kröning, Institute of Art History, University of Cologne, 2016) https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-298086

+ Founding between 721 and 726: Donation of large estates, including the church in Millingen, to the Church of St. Peter and St. John the Baptist. Until the 17th century: Patronage of St. Peter predominant. 1714: Main patronage of St. Willibrord. 1804 to 1821: Sub-parish of the cantonal church in Cleves. 1806 to 1852: Part of the dissolved parish of Düffelward belonged to Rindern. + St. Willibrord was separated from Rindern. 1448: Donsbrüggen St. Lambertus. 1908: Reassignment of the area belonging to the city of Cleves to St. Mary's Assumption. + Merger November 27, 2005: Merger of Bimmen St. Martinus, Düffelward St. Mauritius, Keeken St. Mary's Assumption, and Rindern St. Willibrord. (becomes parish church) + Successor St. Willibrord Church, Kleve (J 792) + Current municipal affiliation City of Kleve, District of Kleve https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/muenster/rindern-st-willibrord/

Beautiful little place with a protective wall against water

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This church is a small, round church with a clear height of only 5 meters. Before the 12th century, it was extended with a nave. By the 19th century, the building had become so dilapidated – and arguably too small – that a new, larger church was built in the neo-Gothic style (1870-72). The tuff stones that formed the small chancel of the old church were reused: they were used to create a niche on the north side of the church, which now serves as a baptismal chapel. Thus, in St. Willibrord's Church, there is a beautiful connection between the ancient stone relics, which St. Willibrord himself saw, and the very young Christians who are carried into the chapel for baptism. Source: https://st-willibrord-kleve.de/rindern/st--kirche/

Here are the official ferry times: https://heimatverein-schenkenschanz.de/uebersetzboot.html

The ferry is only used on weekends.!!!

Beautiful old church