Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aachen is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is l…
Aachen is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens and the Eifel Mountains. It sits on the Wurm River, a tributary of the Rur, and together with Mönchengladbach, it is the only larger German city in the drainage basin of the Meuse. It is the westernmost larger city in Germany, lying approximately 61 km west of Cologne and Bonn, directly bordering Belgium in the southwest, and the Netherlands in the northwest. The city lies in the Meuse–Rhine Euroregion and is the seat of the district of Aachen.
  • Country: Germany
  • State: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Elevation: 173 m (568 ft)
  • Admin. region: Cologne
  • District: Aachen
  • Time zone: UTC+01:00 (CET)
  • Postal codes: 52062–52080

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