Traditionally, it is said that the Rhine enters the Netherlands at Lobith, although in reality, this happens about 4 km further upstream, near Spijk.

[3] Lobith was a separate municipality for a short while between 1 March 1817 and 1 January 1818, when it became a part of Herwen en Aerdt.

[4] In 885, the Danish chief Godfrid was summoned to Lobith for a meeting after being accused of complicity with Hugh, Duke of Alsace in an insurrection against the emperor Charles the Fat.

[5] In 1609, the Duke of Cleves died without a successor, and the War of the Jülich Succession started which resulted in Lobith becoming a part of the Kingdom of Prussia.

The distance from the river resulted in Tolkamer becoming the centre of economic activity for the region.