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Aachen

Aachen Town Hall

Aachen Town Hall 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.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: oberbuergermeisterbuero@mail.aachen.de
  • Type: Town hall
  • Description: historic town hall in Aachen, Germany
  • Also known as: “Aachen City Hall” and “Aachen Rathaus”
  • Address: Markt 38-40, Aachen, 52062
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aachen Cathedral and Couven Museum.

Church
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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. is situated 150 metres south of Aachen Town Hall.

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.

Museum
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is a museum.

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.

Aachen Town Hall

Latitude
50.77607° or 50° 46′ 34″ north
Longitude
6.08377° or 6° 5′ 2″ east
Inception
1349
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
9F28Q3GM+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8068434
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q300747
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Aachen Town Hall” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Akisgrango udaletxea”
  • Chinese: “亚琛市政厅”
  • Czech: “Cášská radnice”
  • Czech: “Radnice města Cách”
  • Dutch: “Stadhuis van Aken”
  • Esperanto: “Aachen urbodomo”
  • Estonian: “Aacheni raekoda”
  • French: “Hôtel de ville d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
  • French: “l’Hotel de Ville d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
  • German: “Aachener Rathaus”
  • German: “Rathaus Aachen”
  • Italian: “Municipio di Aquisgrana”
  • Japanese: “アーヘン市庁舎”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aachens rådhus”
  • Norwegian: “Aachens rådhus”
  • Persian: “aachen”
  • Polish: “Ratusz w Akwizgranie”
  • Portuguese: “Câmara Municipal de Aquisgrano”
  • Russian: “Ахенская ратуша”
  • Russian: “Ратуша (Ахен)”
  • Slovenian: “Aachenska mestna hiša”
  • Slovenian: “Aachenska Mestna hiša”
  • Spanish: “Ayuntamiento de Aquisgrán”
  • Swedish: “Aachens rådhus”
  • “Aachener Rathaus”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Karlsgarten and Archäologisches Fenster Rathaus, Karolingisches Mauerwerk aus der Zeit um 800.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aachen Town Hall”. Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.