Aachen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany 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. Aachen Cathedral is situated 1½ km south of Lousberg-Terrasse.

Lousberg

Peak

Photo: Euku, CC BY-SA 3.0.

At 264 meters, the Lousberg is a prominent elevation on the northern edge of the historic center of Aachen, which was laid out as a forest and mountain park at the beginning of the 19th century according to plans by Maximilian Friedrich Weyhe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soers and Laurensberg.

Soers

Suburb

Soers is a community within Aachen and part of the district of Aachen-Laurensberg. The predominantly rural district today stretches from the border of Aachen-Mitte, the central district of Aachen, past the slopes of the Lousberg, a hill in the north of the city.

Laurensberg

Suburb

Laurensberg is a quarter and borough of Aachen, Germany. As a borough, Laurensberg includes, in addition to Laurensberg itself, Orsbach, Seffent, Soers, Vaalserquartier and Vetschau, as well as the residential areas of Gut Kullen and Steppenberg.

Kaiserplatz

Neighborhood

Photo: ArthurMcGill, CC BY 3.0.

Kaiserplatz is a neighborhood.

Lousberg-Terrasse

Category: tourism
Location: Aachen, Aachen, Cologne District, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.78966° or 50° 47′ 23″ north

Longitude

6.0774° or 6° 4′ 39″ east

Open location code

9F28Q3QG+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 62329645

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aachen Lousberg 1/2 Meile and Waldpark Lousberg.

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