St. Michael’s Church

St. Michael's is a church in Aachen, Germany. It was built as a church of the Aachen Jesuit Collegium in 1628, later it was a Catholic parish church and is now a church of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Greek Orthodox
Description: church in Aachen
Also known as: “ehem. Jesuitenkirche”, “Kerk van de Heilige Michael (Aken)”, “Michaelskirche”, “St. Michael (Dimitrios)”, and “St. Michael’s Church, Aachen”
Inscription: “PIETATIS ET STUDIORUM OFFICINA”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aachen Cathedral and Grashaus.

Aachen Cathedral

Church

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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 150 metres northeast of St. Michael’s Church.

Grashaus

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Aachen Town Hall

Town hall

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Aachen Town Hall is a landmark of cultural significance located in the Altstadt of Aachen, Germany. It was built in the Gothic style in the first half of the 14th century. Aachen Town Hall is situated 290 metres north of St. Michael’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaiserplatz and Burtscheid.

Kaiserplatz

Neighborhood

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Kaiserplatz is a neighborhood.

Burtscheid

Suburb

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

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. Soers is situated 2½ km north of St. Michael’s Church.

St. Michael’s Church

Categories: Greek Orthodoxy, Jesuit church, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Aachen, Aachen, Cologne District, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.77356° or 50° 46′ 25″ north

Longitude

6.08286° or 6° 4′ 58″ east

Wheelchair access

Open location code

9F28Q3FM+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83726778

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=greek_orthodox

Wikidata ID

Q2321547

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Romanian—“St. Michael’s Church” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Kerk van de Heilige Michaël”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس مايكل”
French: “église Saint-Michel d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
French: “Église Saint-Michel d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
German: “St. Michael”
Romanian: “Biserica Sfântul Mihail și Sfântul Dumitru din Aachen”

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