Aachen Cathedral

Aachen Cathedral is a Catholic church in , and the cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen. One of the oldest cathedral buildings in Europe, it was constructed as the royal chapel of the Palace of Aachen of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Roman-Catholic cathedral in Aachen, Germany
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle” and “Imperial Cathedral”
  • Address: Domhof 1, Aachen, 52062
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aachen Town Hall and Aachen Cathedral Treasury.

Town hall
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is a landmark of cultural significance located in the Altstadt of , . It was built in the Gothic style in the first half of the 14th century. is situated 150 metres north of Aachen Cathedral.

Museum
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The is a museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen under the control of the cathedral chapter, which houses one of the most important collections of medieval church artworks in Europe.

Museum
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The is a museum in the city centre of , western . Since 1958, it is housed in the Monheim house, a 17th-century pharmacy, that was redesigned by the architect Jakob Couven in 1786. is situated 130 metres northeast of Aachen Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaiserplatz and Burtscheid.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a district of the city of , part of the Aachen-Mitte Stadtbezirk. It is a health resort.

Suburb
is a community within and part of the district of . The predominantly rural district today stretches from the border of Aachen-Mitte, the central district of Aachen, past the slopes of the , a hill in the north of the city. is situated 2½ km north of Aachen Cathedral.

Aachen Cathedral

Latitude
50.77475° or 50° 46′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.08396° or 6° 5′ 2″ east
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Aachen Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Katedraal van Aken”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية آخن”
  • Armenian: “Ախենի տաճար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aahen kafedralı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aaxen kafedralı”
  • Balinese: “Katédral Aachen”
  • Basque: “Akisgrango katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Аахенскі сабор”
  • Belarusian: “Аахэнская катэдра”
  • Belarusian: “Ахенскі сабор”
  • Bulgarian: “Аахенска катедрала”
  • Burmese: “အေချင် ကက်သီဒရယ် ဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Burmese: “အေချင် ကသီဒရယ် ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “catedral d’Aquisgrà”
  • Catalan: “Catedral d’Aquisgrà”
  • Central Kurdish: “کڵێسای ئاخن”
  • Chinese: “亚琛主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “亚琛大教堂”
  • Croatian: “Aachenska katedrala”
  • Czech: “Katedrála Panny Marie v Cáchách”
  • Czech: “Katedrála Panny Marie”
  • Czech: “Katedrála v Cáchách”
  • Danish: “Domkirken i Aachen”
  • Dutch: “Dom van Aken”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية اخن”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Akeno”
  • Estonian: “Aacheni toomkirik”
  • Finnish: “Aachenin tuomiokirkko”
  • French: “cathédrale d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
  • French: “Cathédrale d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Aquisgrán”
  • Georgian: “აახენის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Aachener Dom”
  • German: “Aachener Marienkirche”
  • German: “Aachener Münster”
  • German: “Hoher Dom zu Aachen”
  • German: “Kaiserdom”
  • Greek: “Βασιλικός Ναός της Αγίας Μαρίας”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Παναγίας του Άαχεν”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός του Άαχεν”
  • Hebrew: “הקתדרלה של אאכן”
  • Hindi: “आचेन कैथेड्रल”
  • Hungarian: “Aacheni dóm”
  • Icelandic: “Dómkirkjan í Aachen”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Aachen”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Aquisgrana”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Aquisgrana”
  • Japanese: “アーヘン大聖堂”
  • Korean: “아헨 대성당”
  • Latvian: “Āhenes katedrāle”
  • Lithuanian: “Acheno katedra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Doum Oochen”
  • Macedonian: “Ахенска катедрала”
  • Malayalam: “ആക്കൻ കത്തീഡ്രൽ”
  • Maltese: “Katidral ta‘ Aachen”
  • Maltese: “Katidral ta’ Aachen”
  • Mingrelian: “აახენიშ ოხვამე”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aachenkatedralen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aachenkatedralen”
  • Norwegian: “Aachenkatedralen”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع آخن”
  • Polish: “Katedra w Akwizgranie”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Aachen”
  • Romanian: “Domul din Aachen”
  • Russian: “Ахенский собор”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор в городе Ахен”
  • Scots: “Aachen Cathedral”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aachener Dom”
  • Serbian: “Катедрала у Ахену”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katedrala u Aachenu”
  • Slovak: “Aachenský dóm”
  • Slovenian: “aachenska katedrala”
  • Slovenian: “aachenska stolnica”
  • Slovenian: “Aachenska stolnica”
  • Slovenian: “katedrala v Aachnu”
  • Slovenian: “stolnica v Aachnu”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Aquisgran”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Aquisgrán”
  • Swedish: “Aachens domkyrka”
  • Tatar: “Ахен җәмигы”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารอาเคิน”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารอาเคิน”
  • Turkish: “Aachen Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Аахенський собор”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Aachen”
  • Western Frisian: “Dom fan Aken”
  • Western Frisian: “Domtsjerke fan Aken”
  • Western Panjabi: “آخن گرجا”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚琛主教座堂”

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