Hexenturm

Hexenturm is a tower in Jülich, Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia. Hexenturm is situated nearby to Jülich City Library, as well as near the square Walramplatz.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: tower
Also known as: “Witches Gate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jülich City Library and Walramplatz.

Jülich City Library

Library

Jülich City Library

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Walramplatz

Square

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Walramplatz is a square.

Aachener Tor

City gate

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Aachener Tor is a city gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jülich and Broich.

Jülich

Town

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Jülich is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. As a border region between the competing powers in the Lower Rhine and Meuse areas, the town and the Duchy of Jülich played a historic role from the Middle Ages up to the 17th century.

Broich

Village

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Broich is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Hexenturm.

Welldorf

Village

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Welldorf is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Hexenturm.

Hexenturm

Categories: tower, tourism, city gate, and historic site
Location: Jülich, Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.92081° or 50° 55′ 15″ north

Longitude

6.35603° or 6° 21′ 22″ east

Elevation

82 metres (269 feet)

Wheelchair access

no

Open location code

9F28W9C4+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2951017050

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=city_gate

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Hexenturm” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hexenturm Jülich”
Dutch: “Hexenturm (Julich)”
Dutch: “Hexenturm”
German: “Hexenturm Jülich”
German: “Hexenturm”
German: “Jülicher Hexenturm”
German: “Rurtor”

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