Lousberg
At 264 meters, the Lousberg is a prominent elevation on the northern edge of the historic center of Aachen, which was laid out as a forest and mountain park at the beginning of the 19th century according to plans by Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Belvedere Water Tower and Aachen Cathedral.
Belvedere Water Tower
Tower
Photo: Ahoerstemeier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Water Tower Belvedere is a water tower of reinforced concrete construction in Aachen, Germany, located on the Lousberg hill. It was built from 1956 to 1958 according to the plans of architect Wilhelm Fischer, who was also the city planning inspector at the time.
Aachen Cathedral
Church
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Aachen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen. One of the oldest cathedral buildings in Europe, it was constructed as the royal chapel of the Palace of Aachen of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soers and Kaiserplatz.
Soers
Suburb
Soers is a community within Aachen and part of the district of Aachen-Laurensberg. The predominantly rural district today stretches from the border of Aachen-Mitte, the central district of Aachen, past the slopes of the Lousberg, a hill in the north of the city.
Laurensberg
Suburb
Laurensberg is a quarter and borough of Aachen, Germany. As a borough, Laurensberg includes, in addition to Laurensberg itself, Orsbach, Seffent, Soers, Vaalserquartier and Vetschau, as well as the residential areas of Gut Kullen and Steppenberg.
Lousberg
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 265 metres
- Description: hill in Aachen, Germany
- Categories: mountain, mountain park, landscape garden, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Aachen, Aachen, Cologne District, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.78674° or 50° 47′ 12″ northLongitude
6.07997° or 6° 4′ 48″ eastElevation
265 metres (869 feet)Open location code
9F28Q3PH+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1227741887OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Lousberg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lousberg”
- Chinese: “卢斯山”
- Chinese: “盧斯山”
- Dutch: “Lousberg”
- German: “Lousberg”
- Kölsch: “Lousberg”
- Ladin: “Lousberg”
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Notable Places Nearby
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