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.
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Notable Places in the Area
Aachen Cathedral
Church
Aachen Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen. Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aachen Town Hall
Town hall
Aachen Town Hall is a landmark of cultural significance located in the Altstadt of Aachen, Germany. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
Museum
The Ludwig Forum for International Art is a museum for modern art in Aachen. Photo: Sebastianat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum
Museum
The Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum is an art museum in Aachen, Germany. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Lemiers
Lemiers is a small village with a long history in South Limburg, the southernmost region of the Netherlands. Photo: Romaine, CC BY-SA 3.0.Würselen
Town
Würselen is a town in the borough of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Photo: PasseVivant, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aachen
- Type: City
- Description: city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Categories: big city, college town, border town, spa town, urban municipality of Germany, free imperial city and district capital
- Location: Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- Neighbors: Heerlen, Herzogenrath, Kelmis, Kerkrade, Simpelveld and Vaals
Latitude 50.7751° or 50° 46' 30.4" north | Longitude 6.0833° or 6° 5' east |
Population 242,000 | IATA airport code AAH |
United Nations Location Code DE AAH | Elevation 266 metres (873 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 240041315 | GeoNames ID 3247449 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Aken
- Amharic: አኽን
- Arabic: Aachen
- Arabic: آخن
- Aragonese: Aachen
- Aragonese: Aquisgrán
- Armenian: Աախեն
- Arpitan: Aachen
- Asturian: Aachen
- Asturian: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Asturian: Aquisgrán
- Asturian: Oche
- Azerbaijani: Aaxen
- Azerbaijani: Axen
- Basque: Akisgran
- Bavarian: Aachen
- Belarusian: Аахэн
- Belarusian: Ахен
- Bengali: আখেন
- Bosnian: Aachen
- Breton: Aachen
- Bulgarian: Аахен
- Bulgarian: Ахен
- Catalan: Aquisgrà
- Cebuano: Aachen (munisipyo)
- Cebuano: Aachen
- Chechen: Ахен
- Chinese: Aachen
- Chinese: 亚琛
- Chinese: 亞琛
- Chinese: 阿亨
- Chinese: 阿臣
- Corsican: Aquisgrana
- Croatian: Aachen
- Czech: Aachen
- Czech: Cáchy
- Danish: Aachen
- Dimli (individual language): Aachen
- Dimli (individual language): Axın
- Dutch: Aachen
- Dutch: Aken
- Egyptian Arabic: آخن
- Egyptian Arabic: اخين
- English: Aix-la-Chapelle
- English: Aix la Chapelle
- English: Oche
- Esperanto: Aachen
- Esperanto: Akeno
- Esperanto: Aĥeno
- Estonian: Aachen
- Finnish: Aachen
- French: Aachen
- French: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Friulian: Aachen
- Galician: Aquisgrán
- Georgian: აახენი
- German: Aachen
- German: Aix-la-Chapelle
- German: Bad Aachen
- German: Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen
- German: Oche
- Greek: Άαχεν
- Greek: Αιξ-λα-Σαπέλ
- Gujarati: આકેન
- Hebrew: אאכן
- Hindi: आखन
- Hungarian: Aachen
- Icelandic: Aachen
- Ido: Aachen
- Indonesian: Aachen
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Aachen
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Aquisgrano
- Interlingue: Aachen
- Irish: Aachen
- Italian: Aachen
- Italian: Aquisgrana
- Japanese: アーヘン
- Kannada: ಆಚೆನ್
- Kashubian: Achen
- Kazakh: Ахен
- Kirghiz: Ахен
- Kongo: Aachen
- Korean: 아헨
- Kölsch: Aachen
- Kölsch: Oche
- Latin: Aquae Grani
- Latin: Aquisgranum
- Latvian: Āhene
- Ligurian: Aachen
- Limburgan: Aoke
- Lithuanian: Achenas
- Lojban: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Lombard: Aquisgrana
- Low German: Aachen
- Low German: Aken
- Luxembourgish: Aachen
- Luxembourgish: Oochen
- Macedo-Romanian: Aachen
- Macedonian: Ахен
- Malagasy: Aachen
- Malay: Aachen
- Malayalam: ആക്കൻ
- Malayalam: ആഹ്ഹൻ
- Marathi: आखन
- Min Nan Chinese: Aachen
- Minangkabau: Aachen
- Mongolian: Аахен
- Mongolian: Ахен
- Narom: Aachen
- Neapolitan: Aachen
- Northern Frisian: Aachen
- Norwegian: Aachen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aachen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aix-la-Chapelle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Aachen
- Occitan (post 1500): Aquisgran
- Persian: آخن
- Persian: آکن
- Persian: ریپوآری
- Picard: Aachen
- Piemontese: Aachen
- Polish: Akwizgran
- Portuguese: Aachen
- Portuguese: Aquisgrano
- Portuguese: Aquisgrão
- Pushto: آخن
- Quechua: Aachen
- Romanian: Aachen
- Romansh: Aachen
- Russian: Ахен
- Sardinian: Aachen
- Saterfriesisch: Aachen
- Scots: Aachen
- Scottish Gaelic: Aachen
- Serbian: Aachen
- Serbian: Ахен
- Serbo-Croatian: Aachen
- Serbo-Croatian: Oche
- Sicilian: Aquisgrana
- Silesian: Aachen
- Sinhala: ආචෙන්
- Slovak: Aachen
- Slovenian: Aachen
- South Azerbaijani: آخن
- Spanish: Aquisgran
- Spanish: Aquisgrán
- Swahili: Aachen
- Swedish: Aachen
- Swiss German: Aachen
- Tagalog: Aachen
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Aachen
- Tajik: Аахен
- Tamil: ஆஃகன்
- Tatar: Ахен
- Telugu: ఆకెన్
- Thai: อาเคิน
- Tosk Albanian: Aachen
- Turkish: Aachen
- Ukrainian: Аахен
- Upper Sorbian: Aachen
- Urdu: آخن
- Urdu: آچن
- Uzbek: Aachen
- Venetian: Aachen
- Vietnamese: Aachen
- Vlaams: Aachen
- Volapük: Aachen
- Walloon: Åxhe
- Waray (Philippines): Aachen
- Welsh: Aachen
- Western Frisian: Aken
- Western Panjabi: آخن
- Wolof: Aachen
- Wu Chinese: 亚琛
- Yue Chinese: 阿臣
- Zeeuws: Aken
- Zulu: Aachen
- आचेन
Other Places Named Aachen
- AachenCounty, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- AachenHamlet, Switzerland
- Burtscheid cemeteryCemetery, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- AachenHouse, Switzerland
- AachenHotel, England, United Kingdom
In the Area
Localities
- BurtscheidSuburb
- Frankenberger Viertel, AachenSuburb
- HörnNeighborhood
- In der SörsArea
- SoersSuburb
- MelatenNeighborhood
Landmarks
- ElisenbrunnenTourist attraction
- Excavation and Mining Equipment GroupResearch institute
- Long TowerFort
- Preach TowerFort
- Pont GateFort
- MarschiertorTourist attraction
Popular Destinations in Eifel
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