Kapellen an der Fleuth is a village of about 2600 people in northwest Germany near the border of the Netherlands. Since 1969 the village has been a part of the city of Geldern. Kapellen lies in the Niederrhein (Lower Rhine) in the northwest part of German Federal State of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The village is approximately from Düsseldorf, from the Rhine River at Xanten and from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Kapellen located in the left (western) bank of the Lower Rhine. Because there are other European areas named Kapellen/Capellen, in January 2020 the village was renamed with the distinctive name Kapellen an der Fleuth. The village is traversed by the Issumer Fleuth, a tributary to the Niers River. Towns nearby are Sonsbeck to its north, Kevelaer in its West, northeast is Issum; Geldern is to its south. The Weeze Airport Niederrhein is just northwest of Kapellen. This airport has regular flights around Europe. This airport is also referred to as Düsseldorf-Weeze Airport or Düsseldorf-North Airport. History Capelle (Kapellen) was first mentioned in the year 1250. Because the area is on a Roman road of Xanten to Straelen, the area was likely populated well before 1250. The Roman Catholic Church of St. George was mentioned in 1305 in the St. Victor church register in the nearby town of Xanten. The church has records of the names of the assigned village priests since the year 1334. On March 3, 1336 the knight Luef von Beerenbroeck sold the jurisdiction and the Patron Saint of Kapellen to Rainald II Von Geldern. He had become the feudal lord over the village of Kapellen in 1326. The village has been ravaged by fires. On November 11, 1690 the church burned down completely. On July 14, 1792, 27 houses and 16 barns destroyed by fire. Also affected was the parsonage, the church could be saved. On the eve of the Whit Sunday (Pentecost) 1810 32 houses and 16 barns burned down. The famous farm Beerenbrouck had a large fire in 1908 that helped to initiate the need for a local fire department. In 1908 the Kapellen village volunteer fire department was founded. From 1798 to 1814 Kapellen was under French rule. In 1815 the Congress of Vienna added the area of the Lower Rhine to the Kingdom of Prussia. On April 23, 1816 the Prussian administrative organization added Kapellen to the area of Geldern. Geldern was 1 of more than 40