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Definition: Aachen from Philip's Encyclopedia

(Aix-la-Chapelle) City in SW North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany. The city is noted for its sulphur baths, used by the Romans, which are the hottest in N Europe. It was the site of medieval imperial diets and the coronations of the monarchs of the Holy Roman Empire from 1349 to 1531. The local economy is dominated by manufacturing. Industries: iron and steel, machinery, textiles. Pop. (1999) 243,600.


Aachen

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Cathedral city and spa in the Land (state) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 64 km/40 mi southwest of Cologne, near the Dutch and Belgian borders; population (2003 est) 241,300. It has a thriving iron and steel industry; manufacturing includes electronics, glass, food, woollen textiles, rubber, and metal goods. One of Germany's principal railway junctions, it lies at the centre of a coalmining district, although coal and lignite production is in decline. Aachen was the Roman Aquisgranum and was the site of baths in the 1st century. It has been visited for its thermal springs since Roman times, and the spa facilities continue today. Charlemagne , Holy Roman Emperor from 800, made it his northern capital and the leading centre of Carolingian civilization. From the late 8th century, the city became the hub of the great empire of Charlemagne, both for strategic reasons and for its thermal springs. The 14th-century Rathaus (town hall), containing the hall of the emperors, is built on the…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
(French Aix-la-Chapelle ). A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where many of the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned up to the 16th century. As CHARLEMAGNE 's capital in the late 8th and early 9th century it became the centre of the so-called Carolingian Renaissance and a cultural magnet for…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Cathedral city and spa in the Land (state) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 64 km/40 mi southwest of Cologne, near the Dutch and Belgian borders; population (2003 est) 241,300. It has a thriving iron and steel industry; manufacturing includes electronics, glass, food, woollen textiles, rubber, …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ä'khӘn), Aix-la-Chapelle (ĕks-lä-shäpĕl'), or Bad Aachen (bät ä'khӘn), city (1994 pop. 246,570), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, near the Belgian and Dutch borders. One of the great historic cities of Europe, it is now chiefly important as a rail and road hub and as an industrial center. Almost…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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…
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When he began work on the Palatine Chapel,...
Germany Criteria - Human creative genius; Interchange of values; Significance in human history; Heritage associated with events of universal Significance With its columns of Greek and Italian marble, bronze doors, octagonal basilica and cupola, the Palatine Chapel of Aachen was from its inception…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
German painter. He lived in Venice 1574–88 and on his return played a leading role in introducing Mannerism to Germany. He gained a high reputation as a portrait painter and in 1592 became court painter to Emperor Rudolf II in Prague, a position he also held under Rudolf's successor, Matthias. His…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
or Fr. Aix–la–Cha•pelle \ˌeks-lȧ-shȧ-ˈpel;\ anc. Aquae Gra•ni \ˌa-kwē-ˈgrā-ˌnī, ä-kwī-ˈgrä-ˌnē\ or Aquis•gra•num \ˌa-kwəs-ˈgrā-nəm, ˌä-kwis-ˈgrä-nu̇m\. Administrative district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; 1208 sq. mi. (3129 sq. km.); formerly part of Prussia. or Fr. Aix–la–Cha•pelle…
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Germany, Aachen, Palatine Chapel, Pala d'Oro altar in Aachen Cathedral, detail representing Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem
Credit: Germany, Aachen, Palatine Chapel, Pala d'Oro altar in Aachen Cathedral, detail representing Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem / De Agostini Picture Library / A. Dagli Orti / The Bridgeman Art Library Description: Germany - Aachen - The Palatine Chapel, now part of Aachen Cathedral (UNESCO…
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