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Aachen

Germany / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Aachen /
 city, draw only border, former national capital

Aachen (Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, French, and, historically, English: Aix-la-Chapelle) is a historic spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the westernmost city of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km west of Cologne.

www.aachen.de/EN/ts/Current_information/index.html
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Coordinates:   50°45'34"N   6°5'47"E

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  • Polygon added
  • The first German city to fall in WW2
  • Aachen is a wonderful city - I stayed some time there all of you should be there someday
  • Aachen is a wonderful city , i like it .
  • Aachen, also known as Aix-la-Chapelle was the capital of the first European Empire, though very short-lived, after the Roman Empire founded by Charlemagne.