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– Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%A0%E1%8A%BD%E1%8A%95" title="አኽን – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="አኽን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="آخن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="آخن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgr%C3%A1n" title="Aquisgrán – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Aquisgrán" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgr%C3%A1n" title="Aquisgrán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Aquisgrán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaxen" title="Aaxen – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Aaxen" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="آخن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آخن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8" title="আখেন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আখেন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Аахэн – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Аахэн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Аахен – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аахен" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgr%C3%A0" title="Aquisgrà – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aquisgrà" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_(munisipyo)" title="Aachen (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Aachen (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1chy" title="Cáchy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Cáchy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgrana" title="Aquisgrana – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Aquisgrana" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%BD" title="Άαχεν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άαχεν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgr%C3%A1n" title="Aquisgrán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aquisgrán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akeno" title="Akeno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Akeno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akisgran" title="Akisgran – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Akisgran" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="آخن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آخن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aix-la-Chapelle" title="Aix-la-Chapelle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aix-la-Chapelle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aken" title="Aken – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Aken" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgr%C3%A1n" title="Aquisgrán – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Aquisgrán" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%97%A8" title="아헨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아헨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Աախեն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աախեն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8" title="आखन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आखन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgrano" title="Aquisgrano – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Aquisgrano" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgrana" title="Aquisgrana – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aquisgrana" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%9F" title="אאכן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אאכן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="აახენი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აახენი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achen" title="Achen – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Achen" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgranum" title="Aquisgranum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aquisgranum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80hene" title="Āhene – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Āhene" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oochen" title="Oochen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Oochen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achenas" title="Achenas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Achenas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoke" title="Aoke – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Aoke" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgrana" title="Aquisgrana – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Aquisgrana" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%BB" title="ആഹ്ഹൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആഹ്ഹൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8" title="आखन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आखन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%86" title="اخين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اخين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Аахен – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Аахен" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aken_(stad)" title="Aken (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aken (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3" title="アーヘン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アーヘン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgran" title="Aquisgran – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Aquisgran" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="آخن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="آخن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="آخن – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="آخن" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aken" title="Aken – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Aken" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akwizgran" title="Akwizgran – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Akwizgran" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oche" title="Oche – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Oche" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquisgrana" title="Aquisgrana – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Aquisgrana" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%86" title="ئاخن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئاخن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%83%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="ஆஃகன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஆஃகன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ахен – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Ахен" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99" title="อาเคิน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อาเคิน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Аахен – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Аахен" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Аахен – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Аахен" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D9%86" title="آخن – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="آخن" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85xhe" title="Åxhe – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Åxhe" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9A%E7%90%9B" title="亚琛 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="亚琛" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E8%87%A3" title="阿臣 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="阿臣" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Aachen" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aken" title="Aken – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" 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class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Aachen&params=50_46_34.0_N_6_05_01.6_E_type:city(236420)_region:DE-NW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°46′34.0″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°05′01.6″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.776111°N 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title="Regierungsbezirk">Regierungsbezirk</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cologne_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cologne (region)">Köln</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Aachen</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Sibylle Keupen</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">160.8 km<sup>2</sup> (62.1 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(January 1, 2001)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">236,420</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,470/km<sup>2</sup> (3,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">Postal code</a>(s)</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">52062–52080</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a>(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">0241, 02405, 02407, 02408</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Community_Identification_Number" title="Community Identification Number">CIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data">05334002</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aachen.de/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aachen</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/x/: 'ch' in 'loch'">x</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MerWeb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MerWeb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <small>German: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈʔaːxn̩]</a></span> <span class="nowrap" style="font-size:85%">(<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:De-Aachen.ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="audio speaker icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <small>French: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ɛks la ʃapɛl]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <i>Aquae Granni</i> or <i>Aquisgranum</i>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Aken</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>. It has about 260,000 <a href="/wiki/Inhabitant" class="mw-redirect" title="Inhabitant">inhabitants</a> and a well-known <a href="/wiki/University" title="University">university</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RWTH_Aachen_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia:RWTH Aachen University (not yet started)">Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH)</a>. It is also the location of the 1944 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aachen" title="Battle of Aachen">Battle of Aachen</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> where the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> fought <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> . </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman empire">Romans</a> built a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/spa" class="extiw" title="wikt:spa">spa</a> over <a href="/wiki/Spring_(water)" title="Spring (water)">hot water springs</a> here in ancient times. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, it was the capital city of the <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> emperor, <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a>. The city was called Aix-la-Chapelle by the French. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg/220px-Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg/330px-Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg/440px-Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4690" data-file-height="3350" /></a><figcaption>Aachen Cathedral</figcaption></figure> <p>Charlemagne ordered the building of a <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a> in 786 AD. He was buried in a tomb in this cathedral. German emperors were <a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">crowned</a> in the cathedral in Aachen until 1531.<sup id="cite_ref-Aachen_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aachen-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>European countries made two important peace agreements in Aachen. In 1668, the first treaty (agreement) ended the <a href="/wiki/War_of_Devolution" title="War of Devolution">War of Devolution</a> between <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and the alliance of England, Holland and Sweden. The treaty allowed France to keep most of the towns it had captured in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> the year before. In 1748, the second treaty ended the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a>. In this war, France, <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>, and other nations tried to take territory from the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a>. The treaty said that <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria" title="Maria Theresa of Austria">Maria Theresa of Austria</a> was the ruler of these territories. It also gave Prussia the territory of <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a>. </p><p>Since 1972, Aachen has been part of the <a href="/wiki/Cologne_Government_Region" title="Cologne Government Region">Cologne Government Region</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Notes" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aachen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Notes"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </small><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><small><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </small><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Oxford+Dictionaries+UK+Dictionary&rft.atitle=Aachen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fwww.lexico.com%2Fdefinition%2FAachen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAachen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MerWeb-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MerWeb_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-MerWeb_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Aachen">"Aachen"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Merriam-Webster" title="Merriam-Webster">Merriam-Webster Dictionary</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Merriam-Webster+Dictionary&rft.atitle=Aachen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2FAachen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AAachen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Aix-la-Chapelle">"Aix-la-Chapelle"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190421080712/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/aix-la-chapelle">Archived</a> 2019-04-21 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (US) and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/www.lexico.com/definition/Aix-la-Chapelle">"Aix-la-Chapelle"</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Dictionaries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oxford Dictionaries (not yet started)">Oxford Dictionaries</a> UK Dictionary</i>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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