Aachen - translation to γερμανικά
![The tripoint, where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet at the [[Vaalserberg]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017-05 Vaalserberg 13.jpg?width=200 "The tripoint, where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet at the [[Vaalserberg]]")
![Typical Aachen street with early 20th-century [[Gründerzeit]] houses](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachen-ElegantStreet.JPG?width=200 "Typical Aachen street with early 20th-century [[Gründerzeit]] houses")
![formation]] from the [[Devonian]] period below St. Adalbert Church in Aachen](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachen Felsen St.Adalbert.JPG?width=200 "formation]] from the [[Devonian]] period below St. Adalbert Church in Aachen")
![Ford]] Research Center, Aachen](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachen Ford-Entwicklungszentrum.jpg?width=200 "Ford]] Research Center, Aachen")
![[[Cross of Lothair]], Aachen Cathedral Treasury](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachen Germany Domschatz Cross-of-Lothair-01.jpg?width=200 "[[Cross of Lothair]], Aachen Cathedral Treasury")
![Aachen is also famous for its [[carnival]] (Karneval, Fasching), in which families dress in colourful costumes](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachen Rosenmontag 2009.jpg?width=200 "Aachen is also famous for its [[carnival]] (Karneval, Fasching), in which families dress in colourful costumes")
![pilgrimage]], after a 17th-century painting](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachener Heiligtumszeigung Oelgemaelde 17Jh.jpg?width=200 "pilgrimage]], after a 17th-century painting")
![[[Chancellor of Germany]] [[Angela Merkel]], wearing the Charlemagne Prize awarded to her in 2008](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angela Merkel, Karlspreisverleihung 2008 - 1.jpg?width=200 "[[Chancellor of Germany]] [[Angela Merkel]], wearing the Charlemagne Prize awarded to her in 2008")
![Construction of Aix-la-Chapelle, by [[Jean Fouquet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Construction d Aix-la-Chapelle.jpg?width=200 "Construction of Aix-la-Chapelle, by [[Jean Fouquet]]")
![university hospital]] bus stop](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OecherLongWajong1.JPG?width=200 "university hospital]] bus stop")
![siege of Aachen]] by the Spanish Army of Flanders under Ambrogio Spinola in 1614](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Siege of Aachen.png?width=200 "siege of Aachen]] by the Spanish Army of Flanders under Ambrogio Spinola in 1614")
![[[New Tivoli]], home ground of [[Alemannia Aachen]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tivoli-Ost-Tribüne.JPG?width=200 "[[New Tivoli]], home ground of [[Alemannia Aachen]]")
.JPG?width=200 "Another example of Aachen early 20th-century Gründerzeit houses")
![Alte Synagoge (Aachen)}} after its destruction during [[Kristallnacht]], November 1938](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/View of the old synagogue in Aachen after its destruction during Kristallnacht 02.jpg?width=200 "Alte Synagoge (Aachen)}} after its destruction during [[Kristallnacht]], November 1938")
![Carolus Thermen, thermal baths named after [[Charlemagne]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CarolusThermen01.JPG?width=200 "Carolus Thermen, thermal baths named after [[Charlemagne]]")
![A statue commemorating [[David Hansemann]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aachen-SomeBoulevard.JPG?width=200 "A statue commemorating [[David Hansemann]]")
Βικιπαίδεια
Aachen ( AH-khən; German: [ˈaːxn̩] (listen); Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle;) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th-largest city of Germany.
It is the westernmost city in Germany, and borders Belgium and the Netherlands to the west, the triborder area. It is located between Maastricht (NL) and Liège (BE) in the west, and Bonn and Cologne in the east. The Wurm River flows through the city, and together with Mönchengladbach, Aachen is the only larger German city in the drainage basin of the Meuse. Aachen is the seat of the City Region Aachen (German: Städteregion Aachen).
Aachen developed from a Roman settlement and thermaecode: lat promoted to code: la (bath complex), subsequently becoming the preferred medieval Imperial residence of Emperor Charlemagne of the Frankish Empire, and, from 936 to 1531, the place where 31 Holy Roman Emperors were crowned Kings of the Germans.
One of Germany's leading institutes of higher education in technology, the RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälisch Technische Hochschule Aachencode: deu promoted to code: de ), is located in the city. Its university hospital Uniklinikum Aachen is Europe's largest single-building hospital. Aachen's industries include science, engineering and information technology. In 2009, Aachen was ranked eighth among cities in Germany for innovation.
The regional dialect spoken in the city is a Central Franconian, Ripuarian variant with strong Limburgish influences from the dialects in the neighbouring Netherlands. As a Rhenish city, Aachen is one of the main centres of carnival celebrations in Germany, along with Cologne, Mainz and Düsseldorf. The culinary specialty for which the city is best known is Aachener Printen, a type of gingerbread.
