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North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany

Battle of Hürtgen Forest

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is the name given to the series of fierce battles fought between U.S. and German forces during World War II in the Hürtgen Forest, which became the longest battle on German ground during World War II, and the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought. The battles took place from 19 September 1944 to 10 February 1945, over barely 50 sq mi, east of the Belgian–German border. The U.S.

Located at 50.7086, 6.36278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Conflicts in 1944, Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, History of the Rhineland, Battles of World War II involving the United States, Tank battles involving the United States

Aachen (district)

The district of Aachen is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen, and also the Netherlands province of Limburg and the Belgian province of Liège.

Located at 50.75, 6.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Districts of North Rhine-Westphalia

Inde

The Inde is a small river in Belgium and Germany, left tributary of the Rur. It has its source near Raeren in Eastern Belgium, runs through Aachen-Kornelimünster, Eschweiler and Inden, and flows into the river Rur near Jülich. Because of lignite opencast mining, it has been diverted in 2003 near to Inden-Lamersdorf. The brooks Omerbach, Otterbach, Saubach, Vichtbach and Wehebach flow into the Inde. Its name is of Celtic origin: Inda.

Located at 50.8994, 6.36278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Rivers of Belgium, Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, International rivers of Europe, Rur basin, Populated places in Durango

Duchy of Jülich

The Duchy of Jülich comprised a state within the Holy Roman Empire from the 11th to the 18th centuries. The duchy lay left of the Rhine river between the Electorate of Cologne in the east and the Duchy of Limburg in the west. It had territories on both sides of the river Rur, around its capital Jülich – the former Roman Iuliacum – in the lower Rhineland. The duchy amalgamated with the County of Berg beyond the Rhine in 1423, and from then on also became known as Jülich-Berg.

Located at 50.9167, 6.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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States of the Holy Roman Empire, History of the Rhineland, History of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, History of territories in Germany ruled by a secular sovereign, 1815 disestablishments, States and territories established in 1356

Hill 400, Bergstein

Hill 400 is the name given by Allied forces during World War II to a 400 metres high hill located 1 kilometre east of the village center of Bergstein, Germany (near Brandenberg). Today this hill is predominantly called by its civil name Burgberg (English: castle mountain or castle hill). This small mountain provides a view over the entire Hürtgen Forest area and was strategically important as a vantage point and German artillery station during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in 1944.

Located at 50.695, 6.442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, History of North Rhine-Westphalia, Castles in the Eifel, Mountains of the Eifel

Krawutschke Tower

The Krawutschke Tower is a 13 metre tall observation tower in the Hürtgenwald municipality in Germany, about one kilometer east of the village center of Bergstein, approximately 10 km south of Düren. The Krawutschke Tower is 400.5 m above sea level, situated on the Burgberg (Engl. castle mountain), which, during World War II, also had the Allied-given name Hill 400 due to its elevation. The Krawutschke Tower has three platforms, one above the other, each separated by three meters.

Located at 50.6947, 6.44139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Towers in Germany

Langweiler (archaeological site)

Langweiler is an archaeological site situated in the Merzbach Valley on the Aldenhovener Plateau of western Germany. Systematic excavations have revealed evidence of 160 houses from eight distinct settlement sites, plus three enclosures and a cemetery, belonging to the period 5300-4900 BC. The site is a key region for understanding the nature of the earliest farming societies in west-central Europe.

Located at 50.8817, 6.25278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Germany, Former populated places in Germany

Hürtgen Forest

The Hürtgen forest is located along the border between Belgium and Germany in the southwest corner of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Scarcely 50 square miles in area, the forest lies within a triangle outlined by Aachen, Monschau, and Düren. The Rur River runs along the eastern edge of the forest. The terrain of the Hürtgen Forest is characterized by plunging valleys that carve through broad plateaus.

Located at 50.7008, 6.4284 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia, Forests and woodlands of Germany

Kornelimünster Abbey

Kornelimünster Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Kornelimünster, since 1972 a part of Aachen (as Stadtbezirk Kornelimünster/Walheim), in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

Located at 50.7286, 6.17806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Benedictine monasteries in Germany, Christian monasteries established in the 9th century, Aachen, Monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia

House of Mérode

The princely house of Merode is one of the most important houses of the Belgian nobility. The surname of the family and the name of the House is nowadays mostly written de Merode in. The name is also spelled van Merode in Dutch and von Merode in German. The House of Mérode played an important role in the history of the Southern Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium.

Located at 50.799, 6.388 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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History of Belgium, House of Mérode, German noble families, Flemish nobility

Merzbrück Airport

Merzbrück Airport is an airfield located in Aachen, Germany. It is also known as Aachen-Merzbrück Airport (Aachen-Flugplatz Merzbrück). The airport primarily supports general aviation, and also has a very large sailplane facility. The ADAC Air Rescue Service provides the air rescue helicopter Christoph Europa 1 for urgent medical rescues and air ambulance duties at Merzbrück Airport.

Located at 50.8233, 6.18639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Airports in Germany, Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Germany

Natural Reserve Schlangenberg

The natural reserve Schlangenberg which means snake-mountain is located in the west of Germany close to the Dutch and Belgian border. The reserve is near the village Breinigerberg, 15 kilometres from Aachen or 7 kilometres distant from the city of Stolberg (Rhineland). Schlangenberg itself is a small hill peaking 276 m above sea level. The 108 hectares large area is famous for its calamine flora.

Located at 50.7372, 6.24333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia

Eagle-Pharmacy (Stolberg)

The Eagle-Pharmacy was a former brass producing factory in the German city of Stolberg. The building was founded in 1575 by Leonard Schleicher. In the 18th century it became the first pharmacy in the district of Aachen. Currently the building is protected as an ancient monument.

Located at 50.7664, 6.23306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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History of North Rhine-Westphalia, 1575 establishments

Heilig-Geist-Gymnasium

Heilig-Geist-Gymnasium is the name of at least three secondary schools in Germany, in Dormagen, in Menden, and in Broich in Würselen. They were formerly for boys only.

Located at 50.8436, 6.17444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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High schools in Germany

St. Anthony-Chapel

The St. Anthony-Chapel is located in Kornelimünster, a district of the German city of Aachen. The chapel was built in 1718 but destroyed by an earthquake before consecration. Charles Ludwig von Sickingen-Ebernburg, the abbot of the abbey at Kornelimünster later ordered to rebuild the damaged unfinished building. The work was completed in 1781 and the chapel consecrated in the same year to Anthony of Padua by the administrator of the abbey Charles Caspar von der Horst. The St.

Located at 50.7281, 6.18833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Aachen

Cloth mill Offermann

The cloth mill Offermann was a brass factory of the 18th century in the German city of Stolberg. Later it became a cloth mill demonstrating the change of industrial development in the city. Currently it is used as an apartment building.

Located at 50.7661, 6.2325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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History of North Rhine-Westphalia

Lucherberger See

Lucherberger See is a lake in Inden, Kreis Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At an elevation of, its surface area is 56 ha.

Located at 50.8409, 6.38095 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Lakes of North Rhine-Westphalia

Flachsbach

Flachsbach is a rivulet in the German village of Büsbach. It is a tributary to the river Inde. The Flachsbach flowing through the south of Büsbach has its source in the pasture between the villages Büsbach and Breinig. Pottery findings dated 900 AD proved that there had been in a settlement in the surroundings of the rivulet. It finally led to the development of Büsbach.

Located at 50.7508, 6.20606 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia

Siege of Jülich (1621–22)

The Siege of Jülich was a siege that took place between September 5 1621 and February 3 1622, during the Palatinate campaign of the Thirty Years' War. After five months of siege the Spanish army under Ambrosio Spinola took the Dutch-occupied fortress of Jülich, compelling its garrison to surrender.

Located at 50.925, 6.36 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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History of the Rhineland, Sieges of the Eighty Years' War, Conflicts in 1621, Conflicts in 1622

Eschweiler Central Station

Eschweiler Central Station (Eschweiler Hauptbahnhof) is the largest station in the city of Eschweiler in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on a slight curve on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed line. Regional services of the Regional-Express lines RE 1 and RE 9 stop at the station every half hour in both directions. The station is located about 700 metres from the city centre in the district of Röthgen. The station is less than 100 m from the Ichenberg Tunnel.

Located at 50.8133, 6.25222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hauptbahnhof in Germany

Stolberg Central Station

Stolberg Central Station (Stolberg Hauptbahnhof) is situated on the line between Cologne and Aachen and is the largest station for passengers and freight in the town of Stolberg (Rhineland) in the urban region of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It houses the Vennbahn Museum and is built at a junction.

Located at 50.7947, 6.21944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hauptbahnhof in Germany

Langerwehe station

Langerwehe station is a station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway. It is in the centre of Langerwehe in the district of Düren, about 25 km east of Aachen.

Located at 50.8174, 6.35517 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Inde (river)

Inde is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Located at 50.9, 6.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia

Kall (Rur)

Kall (Rur) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Located at 50.7, 6.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rur basin

Eilendorf station

Eilendorf station is a station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway. It is located in the eastern Aachen district of Eilendorf near the districts of Brand, Rothe Erde and Verlautenheide.

Located at 50.7857, 6.15487 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Aachen