Aachen and the triangle are inseparable. The westernmost city in Germany, South Limburg in the Netherlands and eastern Belgium together form a region, how could they not be European. The people here live in close proximity to each other but their value and maintain their respective needs.
Aachen is a friendly and welcoming city in which it maintains an almost Mediterranean lifestyle. Of particular interest is the intact old town and the center: Aachen Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He is from the year 800 and was built by Emperor Charles as part of the Imperial Palace. Aachen is a spa town and is actually Aachen. On the designation of "Bad" but without the Aachen, to match with their double-A are always the first in alphabetical lists. Aachen's hot springs and their healing properties led to the legend that Charlemagne built his palace in Aachen. The Elisenbrunnen Aachen's water temple. The Celts and the Romans appreciated the healing properties of thermal water. You can drink the Aachen thermal water, but apply it externally. It helps, among other things, rheumatic and joint diseases. Since 17 Century emperors and kings came to Aachen. Here was the fashion to cures.
After Charles was named the Charlemagne Prize, awarded in Aachen. Every year since 1950, the prestigious award of a personality or a
awarded institution that has made outstanding contributions to European unity. The Aachen feel European and keep the European ideal of peace and understanding in honor. More than 30,000 students characterize the atmosphere and the city of Aachen. The RWTH as a university of excellence has an excellent reputation for teaching and research. Aachen is a city for lovers, nationally known, Aachener Printen, not just for Christmas a tasty pastry. Aachen is famous as a rider city - every year the city a mecca for riders from all over the world, then held the CHIO, the world's largest equestrian event. Aachen is a green city with quite rural districts. And fast is one of the country, surrounded by meadows and fields in Belgium and the Netherlands. East Belgium and the Netherlands Limburg idyllic rural regions. East Belgium is characterized by gently rolling hills, beautiful farms of broken stone. Eupen is the capital of the region. Only 18,000 people live in the town, and it's seat of government. The Prime Minister of the 'German-speaking Community " and three ministers have their official residence. Eupen has beautiful patrician houses, which date from the heyday of the cloth makers. Sundays Flohmarkttag in Belgium and in the summer month in Aachen. A visit is part of the Sunday ritual for many. The nice flea markets in the region are legendary, here you can always find something unusual.
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History of Aachen, Germany
The city of Aachen (pronounced "AH-ken" and also known as Aix-la-Chapelle), in western Germany, is best known for its association with Charlemagne and subsequent Holy Roman emperors. And thanks to the well-preserved Aachen Cathedral with its
treasury of relics, the city remains a popular destination for Christian pilgrims and tourists alike. The Romans who first settled the site of modern Aachen named the hot springs there Aquisgranum. The name probably derives from the Celtic god of water and health. After Roman times, the area was mostly abandoned.
In 768 AD, Emperor Charlemagne visited and was impressed with the springs. In 788, he began construction on his imperial palace, and in 790 work began on the Aachen Cathedral.
Charlemagne made Aachen his second home, and the city quickly became an important cultural centre. During his lifetime, Charlemagne collected relics to store in the cathedral's treasury, and upon his death in 814 he was himself buried within its walls. From 936 AD to 1531, Aachen Cathedral was the coronation site of the Holy Roman emperors, and, especially after Charlemagne was canonized in 1165, Aachen became an important destination for pilgrims.
Aachen's importance began to decline in the 16th century, primarily because its location became an inconvenient as the German capital. In the 1560s, the coronation site was moved to Frankfurt am Main.
The Reformation was also a time of tension between Catholics and Protestants in the city. Protestant ideas were first preached in Aachen in 1524 by Albrecht von Muenster, but he was soon forbidden to preach and executed on two counts of murder. A Protestant community was gradually established in the city, however, and an uprising in 1581 led to the election of a Protestant governor in defiance of the empire.
The city fell under imperial ban in 1597 and Catholicism was restored in 1600. Another Protestant uprising in 1611 drove out the Catholic officials, the city was put under imperial ban once again, and many Protestants were exiled. In 1656, Aachen suffered a devastating fire that
destroyed over 4000 houses and added to the city's troubles. Despite its decline, Aachen was the site of several important peace conferences, including those ending the War of Devolution (1668) and the War of the Austrian Succession (1748). Both the treaties, negotiated primarily between France and Britain, are known as the "Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle" (using the French name for Aachen).
Aachen was annexed by France in 1801 and given to Prussia after the Congress of Vienna (1814–15). In 1821, a papal bull dissolved the bishopric of Aachen and transferred most of its territory to the archdiocese of Cologne. In 1825, a collegiate chapter of one provost and six canons replaced the bishopric, which is why Aachen's Palatine Chapel is sometimes known as the Collegiate Church.
Aachen was briefly occupied by its Belgian neighbours after World War I and it suffered extensive damage in World War II. On October 20, 1944, Aachen became the first large German city to fall to the Allies.
Today, Aachen is a major railway junction, an industrial centre, and a significant tourist destination. It has a population of about 257,000 people. Aachen is known in French (and to many English speakers) as Aix-la-Chapelle and in Italian as Aquisgrana (reflecting its earlier Latin name).
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