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The district of Aachen is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen, district-free Aachen, and also the province Limburg ( Netherlands) and the Liège province ( Belgium).
1 History
The district as known today was created in 1975 in the reorganization of the districts of North Rhine-Westphalia, by merging the former districts of Aachen and Monschau, and some parts of the districts of Düren, Jülich and Schleiden as well as the Selfkant district, while a part of the former district was incorporated to the district-free city of Aachen.
The Landkreis Aachen was formed in 1816 from the two French cantons Burtscheid and EschweilerEschweiler is a Rhineland town in western Germany on the river Inde near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier. 60,000 enhabitants. See Aachen (district) History 828 First mentioned. 1394 Coal mining first mentioned. 1678 Completely destroyed exept one house, with its capital set to the city of Burtscheid. In 1897Events January 1 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 The Pennsylvania state capitol is dest Burtscheid was incorporated into the city of Aachen, but the administrative seat stayed there, even though the capital was no longer part of the district.
2 Geography
Geographically the district covers a part of the EifelThe Eifel is a hilly region in Germany. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate. The Eifel is bordered by the Moselle river in the south and the Rhine in the east. In the north it is continued by the mountains in the south, but also the lowlands of the Niederrheinische Bucht.
3 Coat of arms
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| The top of the coat of arms shows the black lion, the sign of JülichThis page is a translation of the article in the German language Wikipedia. Sidenote START Julich is a medium-size town in the district of Duren, in the federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, in Germany. Geography Julich is situated in the Rur valley on th, as the district contains mostly former parts of the duchy of Jülich. In the bottom the swan on a deer antler is the sign of the city of Burtscheid, which was the capital of the district till it was incorporated into the city of Aachen.
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4 Towns and municipalities
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- Alsdorf
- Baesweiler
- EschweilerEschweiler is a Rhineland town in western Germany on the river Inde near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier. 60,000 enhabitants. See Aachen (district) History 828 First mentioned. 1394 Coal mining first mentioned. 1678 Completely destroyed exept one house
- Herzogenrath
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- Monschau
- Stolberg
- Würselen
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- Roetgen
- Simmerath
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