Aken

Aken is a town in the district of in , Germany. The town is located at the left bank of the river .
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 7,890 residents
  • Description: municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
  • Also known as: “15082005”, “Acken”, “Aken (elbe)”, “Aken (Elbe)”, “Aken (Elbe), Stadt”, “Aken (Saksen-Anhalt)”, “Aken/Elbe”, “Lorf”, “Obselau”, “Stadt Aken (Elbe)”, “Susigke”, and “アーケン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rathaus Aken and Dessauer Torturm.

Town hall
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is a town hall.

City gate
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is a city gate.

City gate
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is a city gate.

Aken

Latitude
51.85° or 51° 51′ north
Longitude
12.05° or 12° 3′ east
Population
7,890
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
9F3JR3X2+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240111741
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6551218
Wiki­data ID
Q417336
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Aken” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Arabic: “آكن”
  • Aragonese: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Arpitan: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Asturian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Bashkir: “Акен”
  • Basque: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Basque: “Aken”
  • Bavarian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Breton: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Bulgarian: “Акен”
  • Catalan: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Cebuano: “Aken”
  • Chechen: “Акен (Эльба)”
  • Chechen: “Акен”
  • Chinese: “易北河畔阿肯”
  • Corsican: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Croatian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Czech: “Aken”
  • Danish: “Aken”
  • Dutch: “Aken”
  • Esperanto: “Aken”
  • Estonian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Finnish: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • French: “Aken”
  • Friulian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Galician: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • German: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • German: “Aken”
  • Hungarian: “Aken”
  • Icelandic: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Ido: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Indonesian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Interlingua: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Interlingue: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Irish: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Italian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Italian: “Aken”
  • Japanese: “アーヘン”
  • Jèrriais: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Kazakh: “Акен”
  • Kirghiz: “Акен”
  • Kongo: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Kurdish: “Aken, Elbe”
  • Ladin: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Ladin: “Aken”
  • Ligurian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Limburgan: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Low German: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Aken”
  • Macedonian: “Акен”
  • Malagasy: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Malay: “Aken”
  • Minangkabau: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Neapolitan: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Persian: “آکن”
  • Picard: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Piemontese: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Polish: “Aken”
  • Portuguese: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Portuguese: “Aken”
  • Romanian: “Aken”
  • Romansh: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Russian: “Акен”
  • Sardinian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Scots: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Serbian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Serbian: “Акен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aken”
  • Sicilian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Slovak: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Slovenian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Spanish: “Aken”
  • Swahili: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Swedish: “Aken”
  • Swiss German: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Tatar: “Акен (Эльба)”
  • Tatar: “Акен”
  • Tumbuka: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Tumbuka: “Aken”
  • Turkish: “Aken”
  • Ukrainian: “Акен”
  • Urdu: “اکن (ایلبی)”
  • Urdu: “اکن”
  • Uzbek: “Aken”
  • Venetian: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Vietnamese: “Aken”
  • Vlaams: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Volapük: “Aken”
  • Walloon: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aken”
  • Welsh: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Wolof: “Aken (Elbe)”
  • Zulu: “Aken (Elbe)”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Susigke and Heidehof.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St. Konrad Aken and Stadtpark.

Saxony-Anhalt: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Magdeburg and Halle.

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