Simmerath
Simmerath is a municipality in the district of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 20 km south-east of Aachen, near the border to Belgium.
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Simmerath within Aachen district | |
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Coordinates: 50°36′25″N 6°18′00″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Köln |
District | Aachen |
Subdivisions | 17 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Karl-Heinz Hermanns (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 111.430 km2 (43.023 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 560 m (1,840 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 15,404 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 52152 |
Dialling codes | 02473 |
Vehicle registration | AC, MON |
Website | www.simmerath.de |
The administrative area was expanded in 1972 and includes the following localities:
- Dedenborn
- Eicherscheid
- Einruhr
- Erkensruhr
- Hammer
- Hirschrott
- Huppenbroich
- Kesternich
- Lammersdorf
- Paustenbach
- Rollesbroich
- Rurberg
- Simmerath
- Steckenborn
- Strauch
- Witzerath
- Woffelsbach
Gallery
- Simmerath: the parish church
- Lammersdorf, catholic church in the street
- near Lammersdorf, panorama with transmission tower and modern windmills
- near Lammersdorf, panorama
- Einruhr, church of St. Nicholas in the village
- Einruhr, church of St Nicholas
- near Einruhr, river Rur
- between Einruhr and Kesternich, the Eiserbachtal(de)
- Hammer, quarry-stone church
- between Kesternich and Einruhr, panorama
- Paustenbach, view of a street
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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