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Aachen

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aachen , Aix-la-Chapelle , or Bad Aachen , 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 every branch of the iron and steel industry is represented in the area. Its manufactures include textiles, electrical goods, food (chocolate and candy), glass, machinery, rubber goods, metal products, and furniture. The city's hot mineral baths, frequented by the Romans in the 1st cent. AD, are still used to treat gout, rheumatism,... Read more
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Cities of the World ... some 40 miles southeast of Leipzig. Made a free imperial city in the year 1125, it became ... taken on a modern look and has traffic-free shopping streets. Relics of the ancient ... equipment. The Old Market, with traffic-free shopping streets, lies in the shadow of ... Read more
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (born 740, Aachen, kingdom of the Franks—died Feb. 18, 814, Centula, Picardy) Frankish ... Charlemagne . Of a noble family, he was educated at the palace school at Aachen and was a student of Alcuin . In 800 he accompanied Charlemagne to Rome ... Read more

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