Monschau
Monschau, sometimes called the "Pearl of the Eifel", is a small, historic town in the German Eifel. Largely unchanged for over 300 years, the narrow, cobblestoned streets and traditional half-timbered houses have made this charming place one of the main tourist attractions of the region.
- Town with about 12,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 520 metres (1,700 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Montjoie”
- Description: city in the district of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Places of Interest
Discover Rotes Haus and Monschau Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mützenich and Höfen.
Monschau
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Latitude
50.5545° or 50° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
6.2408° or 6° 14′ 27″ east
UN/LOCODE
DE MOU
Open location code
9F28H63R+Q8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Monschau” goes by many names.
MonschauAfrikaans
مونشاوArabic
MonschauAragonese
MonschauArpitan
MonschauAsturian
MonschauBasque
MonschauBavarian
МоншауBelarusian
MonschauBreton
МоншауBulgarian
MonschauCatalan
MontjoieCatalan
MonschauCebuano
МоншауChechen
孟紹Chinese
蒙绍Chinese
MonschauCorsican
MonschauCroatian
MonschauCzech
MonschauDanish
MonschauDutch
MonschauEsperanto
MonschauEstonian
MonschauFinnish
MonschauFriulian
MonschauGalician
Montjoie (historical)German
ΜόνσαουGreek
מונשאוHebrew
MonschauHungarian
MonschauIcelandic
MonschauIdo
MonschauIndonesian
MonschauInterlingua
MonschauInterlingue
MonschauIrish
MonschauItalian
モンシャウJapanese
MonschauJèrriais
МоншауKazakh
МоншауKirghiz
MonschauKölsch
MonschauKongo
MonschauKurdish
MonschauLadin
MonschauLigurian
MonschauLimburgan
MonschauLow German
MonschauLuxembourgish
MonschauMalagasy
MonschauMalay
MonschauMinangkabau
MonschauNeapolitan
MonschauNorwegian
MonschauNorwegian Bokmål
MonschauNorwegian Nynorsk
MonschauOccitan (post 1500)
منشاوPersian
MonschauPicard
MonschauPiemontese
MonschauPolish
MonschauRomanian
MonschauRomansh
МоншауRussian
MonschauSardinian
MonschauScots
MonschauScottish Gaelic
MonschauSerbian
МоншауSerbian
MonschauSerbo-Croatian
MonschauSicilian
MonschauSlovak
MonschauSlovenian
منشاوSouth Azerbaijani
MonschauSwahili
MonschauSwedish
MonschauSwiss German
МоншауTatar
MonschauTumbuka
MonschauTurkish
МоншауUkrainian
مونشاؤUrdu
MonschauUzbek
MonschauVenetian
MonschauVietnamese
MonschauVlaams
MonschauVolapük
MondjôyeWalloon
MonschauWaray (Philippines)
MonschauWelsh
MonschauWolof
MonschauZulu
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Eifel: Highlights
Learn more about Aachen and Herzogenrath.
