Aachen Rural District

This article is about the rural district (county). For the nearby urban district, see Aachen.

Aachen
District
Coordinates: 50°45′0″N 6°15′0″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Cologne
Capital	Aachen
Area
• Total	546.95 km2 (211.18 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	307,936
• Density	563.006/km2 (1,458.178/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	AC
Website	http://www.kreis-aachen.de

The district of Aachen (Kreis Aachen) is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The city of Aachen is not part of the district.

History

Castle of Kambach at Eschweiler

The modern district was made in 1975 by joining the old districts of Aachen and Monschau, and some parts of the districts of Düren, Jülich and Schleiden as well as the Selfkant district.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Kreis Aachen

The top of the coat of arms shows the black lion, the sign of Jülich, as the district contains mostly former parts of the duchy of Jülich. In the bottom the swan on a deer antler is the sign of the city of Burtscheid, which was the capital of the district until it was incorporated into the city of Aachen.

Towns and municipalities

Towns		Municipalities
Alsdorf Baesweiler Eschweiler Herzogenrath	Monschau Stolberg Würselen	Roetgen Simmerath

Other websites

• Official Website (German, English, Dutch, French, Polish)