Herzogenrath
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Location of the town of Herzogenrath within Aachen district
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| Coordinates | 50°52′N 6°06′E / 50.86667°N 6.1°ECoordinates: 50°52′N 6°06′E / 50.86667°N 6.1°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Cologne |
| District | Aachen |
| Town subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Christoph von den Driesch (CDU) |
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| Area | 33.401 km2 (12.896 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 140 m (459 ft) |
| Population | 46,708 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 1,398 /km2 (3,622 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | AC |
| Postal code | 52134 |
| Area codes | 02406 und 02407 |
| Website | www.herzogenrath.de |
Herzogenrath is a municipality in the district of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It borders the Dutch town of Kerkrade, the national border in one section running along the middle of a main road.
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[edit] History
Herzogenrath began in the 11th century as a settlement called Rode near the river Wurm. In 1104, Augustinian monks founded an abbey, called Kloosterrade, to the west of this settlement.
It became 's-Hertogenrode or 's-Hertogenrade (Dutch: the Duke's Rode) after the Duchy of Brabant took control of the region; in French it was called Rolduc (Rode-le-Duc).
As is the case for many parts of Limburg, Herzogenrath changed hands several times in the last few centuries. Together with the rest of the Southern Netherlands, it was under Spanish control from 1661, Austrian between 1713 and 1795 and French between 1795 and 1813. In 1815, when the Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed under the terms of the Vienna Congress, the border was drawn through the town, the eastern part being Prussian Herzogenrath and the western part Dutch Kerkrade. The former abbey is now the Rolduc Congress Center in Kerkrade.
[edit] Economy
Until the 1950s, Herzogenrath's economy was dominated by coal mines and a nearby coking plant. While some remains of the mining industry still form parts of the landscape in the form of overgrown slag heaps, today's Herzogenrath has moved into other industries. Large-scale employers include Saint-Gobain, Aixtron, Vetrotex (textile glass) and Ericsson Eurolab (electronics). The city hosts a number of electronics start-ups, profiting from the neighbouring Technical University RWTH Aachen.
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[edit] External links
- Official site (German)
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