The city of Emmerich (or in full Emmerich am Rhein, meaning Emmerich on the Rhine; Dutch Emmerik) stands on the lower part of the River Rhine in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In terms of local government organization, it is a medium-sized city belonging to the district of Cleves in the administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Düsseldorf.