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Aachen ( / ˈɑːxən / ⓘ AH-khən, German: [ˈaːxn̩] ⓘ; French: Aix-la-Chapelle; [a] Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 252,000 inhabitants. Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens ...
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Aachen is a city in the German state of North...
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See also Aachen on Wikipedia, Aachen in the 9th Edition; Aachen in the 11th Edition, and the disclaimer. 3127006 Encyclopædia Britannica, Tenth Edition , Volume I — Aachen Aachen, the German name for Aix-la-Chapelle ( q.v. )
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Aachen, French Aix-la-Chapelle, City (pop., 2007 est.: 258,770), western Germany, southwest of Cologne. It was inhabited by Romans in the 1st century ad. A center of Carolingian culture, and the second city of Charlemagne’s empire, it was the site of his great palace. The cathedral built by Charlemagne c. 800 saw the coronation of most German kings...
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Lars Teichmann. Aachen Cathedral, cathedral in Aachen, Germany, that was commissioned by the Holy Roman emperor Charlemagne and designed by the architect Odo of Metz. It was constructed 793–813 and incorporates the Palatine Chapel, considered to be a masterpiece of Carolingian architecture. The evolution of church.
1306 – Aachen becomes a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire. 1309 – Coronation of Henry VII as King of the Romans. 1314 – Coronation of Louis IV as King of the Romans. 1349 – Coronation of Charles IV as King of the Romans. 1353 – Aachen Town Hall built.
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