Simmerath () is a municipality in the
district of Aachen, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
,
Germany
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. It is located approximately 20 km south-east of
Aachen
Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
Aachen is locat ...
, near the border to
Belgium
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.
The administrative area was expanded in 1972 and includes the following localities:
* Dedenborn
* Eicherscheid
* Einruhr
* Erkensruhr
* Hammer
* Hirschrott
* Huppenbroich
* Kesternich
* Lammersdorf
* Paustenbach
* Rollesbroich
* Rurberg
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* Witzerath
* Woffelsbach
Gallery
File:Lammersdorf, die katholische Pfarrkirche Dm128 in straatzicht foto3 2016-09-09 12.33.jpg, Lammersdorf, catholic church in the street
File:Einruhr, die Sankt Nikolaus Kirche in dorpszicht foto6 2015-04-16 12.23.jpg, Einruhr, church of St. Nicholas in the village
File:Bij Einruhr, die Rur foto5 2016-09-09 14.24.jpg, near Einruhr, river Rur
Rur or RUR may refer to:
* Rur (river), a tributary of the Meuse, mostly in Germany
* '' R.U.R.'', a 1920 Czech sci-fi play by Karel Čapek
* Russian ruble, a currency (pre-1998 ISO 4217 code: RUR)
* Ohaw, or rur, a Japanese soup dish
* Rur., a ...
File:Paustenbach, straatzicht Paustenbacher Strasse foto8 2016-09-09 12.46.jpg, Paustenbach, view of a street
References
External links
Aachen (district)
{{AachenDistrict-geo-stub