Aachen
Aachen is a historically important city, spa and university centre in North Rhine-Westphalia, situated at the "three lands corner" where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet.| Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- Population: 246,000
- IATA airport code: AAH
- United Nations Location Code: DE AAH
- Latitude: 50.7751° or 50° 46' 30.4" north
- Longitude: 6.0833° or 6° 5' east
- Elevation: 266 meters (873 feet)
- Neighbors: Heerlen, Herzogenrath, Kelmis, Kerkrade, Simpelveld and Vaals
- GeoNames ID: 3247449
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Aken
- Arabic: آخن
- Armenian: Աախեն
- Azerbaijani: Aaxen
- Basque: Akisgran
- Belarusian: Ахен
- Bulgarian: Аахен
- Bulgarian: Ахен
- Catalan: Aquisgrà
- Chechen: Ахен
- Chinese: 亚琛
- Corsican: Aquisgrana
- Czech: Cáchy
- Dimli (individual language): Axın
- Dutch: Aken
- French: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Galician: Aquisgrán
- Georgian: აახენი
- German: Aachen
- German: Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen
- Greek: Άαχεν
- Hebrew: אאכן
- Hindi: आखन
- Italian: Aquisgrana
- Japanese: アーヘン
- Kashubian: Achen
- Kazakh: Ахен
- Korean: 아헨
- Kölsch: Oche
- Latin: Aquae Grani
- Latin: Aquisgranum
- Latvian: Āhene
- Limburgan: Aoke
- Lithuanian: Achenas
- Lombard: Aquisgrana
- Low German: Aken
- Luxembourgish: Oochen
- Macedonian: Ахен
- Malayalam: ആക്കൻ
- Marathi: आखन
- Mongolian: Ахен
- Occitan (post 1500): Aquisgran
- Persian: آخن
- Polish: Akwizgran
- Portuguese: Aquisgrano
- Russian: Ахен
- Serbian: Ахен
- Sicilian: Aquisgrana
- Spanish: Aquisgrán
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Aachen
- Tamil: ஆஃகன்
- Thai: อาเคิน
- Ukrainian: Аахен
- Urdu: آچن
- Walloon: Åxhe
- Western Frisian: Aken
- Western Panjabi: آخن
- Wu Chinese: 亚琛
- Yue Chinese: 阿臣
- Zeeuws: Aken
In the Area
Localities
- PontviertelNeighborhood
- KaiserplatzNeighborhood
- RehmviertelNeighborhood
- SteffensviertelNeighborhood
- HanbruchNeighborhood
- BurtscheidSuburb, 1½ km southeast
Landmarks
- ParadiesbrunnenFountain
- DomsingschuleSchool
- DomschatzkammerMuseum
- KatschhofTourism
- Palatine ChapelChurch building
- Aachen CathedralTourist attraction
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. - Matsuo Bashō