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| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Adm. Region: | Cologne |
| Capital: | Aachen |
| Area: | 546.95 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 307,936 (2001) |
| pop. density: | 563 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | AC |
| Homepage: | http://www.kreis-aachen.de |
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The district of Aachen is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, district-free Aachen, Euskirchen, Düren, and also the province Limburg (Netherlands) (Netherlands) and Belgium.
History
It district as known today was created in 1975 as one of the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia, by merging the former district Aachen together with the district of Monschau, and some parts of the districts Düren, Jülich and Schleiden as well as the Selfkant district, while part of the former district was moved to belong to the district-free city of Aachen.
The Landkreis Aachen was formed in 1816, with it's capital set to the city of Burtscheid. In 1897 Burtscheid was merged into the city Aachen, however as the administrative seat stayed there since then the capital was no longer part of the district.
Geography
Geographically it covers the part of the Eifel mountains in the south, but also the lowlands of the Niederrheinische Bucht.
Coat of arms
| File:De aachen coat.png | The top of the coat of arms show the black lion, the sign of Jülich, as the district contains mostly former parts of the dukedom Jülich. In the bottom the swan on a deer horn is the sign of the city of Burtscheid, which was the capital of the district till it was incorporated into the city Aachen. |
Towns and muncipalities
External links
Official Website (German, English, Dutch, French, Polish)