Damaged buildings included the medieval churches of St. Foillan, St. Paul and St. Nicholas, and the Rathaus ( city hall ), although Aachen Cathedral was largely unscathed.

Aachen Cathedral

Aachen Cathedral was erected on the orders of Charlemagne in AD 786 and was on completion the largest cathedral north of the Alps.

For 600 years, from 936 to 1531, Aachen Cathedral was the church of coronation for 30 German kings and 12 queens.

The bronze doors on the Aachen Cathedral in Germany date back to about 800 A. D.

However, the decapitation cloth of St. John is kept at the Aachen Cathedral.

* Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened ( see Aachen Cathedral ).

Submitting to a new election but securing the support of several influential princes by making extensive promises, he was chosen at the Imperial City of Frankfurt on 27 July 1298, and crowned at Aachen Cathedral on 24 August.

Both proceeded to the grave of Charlemagne at Aachen Cathedral, where Bolesław received the Charlemagne's throne as a gift.

He was buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne.

Otto II was later crowned by his uncle Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne, at Aachen Cathedral on May 26, 961.

Rudolph was crowned in Aachen Cathedral on 24 October 1273.

* Shrine of St. Mary, in Aachen Cathedral.

This church, frequently referred to as the " Imperial Cathedral " ( in German: Kaiserdom ), is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany.

When the Duke and Duchess appeared there, both wore magnificent crowns: Margaret's crown ( made in about 1461 ) was adorned with pearls, and with enamelled white roses for the House of York set between red, green and white enamelled letters of her name, with gold Cs and Ms, entwined with lovers ' knots ( it can still be seen in the treasury at Aachen Cathedral ).

Aachen Cathedral, frequently referred to as the " Imperial Cathedral " ( in German: Kaiserdom ), is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany.

The Cathedral Treasury in Aachen is regarded as one of the most important ecclesiastical treasuries in northern Europe.

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* Aachen Cathedral Guide

* Aachen Cathedral website ( in German )

Aachen has a large number of spin-offs from the university's IT-technology department and is a major centre of IT development in Germany.

Only slower trains stop at these, but Aachen-West has developed enormous importance due to the expanding RWTH Aachen university.

Aachen has the hottest springs of Central Europe with water temperatures of 74 ° C ( 165 ° F ).

He has been confused with his twin brother Alfonso ( a courtier of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who attended Charles's coronation in Aachen in 1520 and was Latin secretary of state from 1524 ).

Middle Francia ( Latin Francia media ) thus included all the land between Aachen and Rome and it has sometimes been called by historians the " Lotharingian axis ".

He was never canonized, and his veneration has been mostly suppressed, though permission is given to celebrate Mass in his honor in the cities of Aachen and Osnabrück, but without using the title of " Blessed.

RWTH Aachen has achieved recognition in several fields of engineering and science, especially mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, computer science, physics and chemistry.

The proximity of Aachen to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg combined with the subsequent exposure to a variety of cultural heritages has placed RWTH Aachen University in a unique position with regards to the reflection and promotion of international aspects and intensive interaction with other universities.

It has been awarded once a year since 1950 by the German city of Aachen to people who contributed to the ideals upon which it has been founded.

Following the presentation of the award to the Italian Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi in 1952, the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen has repeatedly sent messages going far beyond Germany and promoting the " unity of Europe ".

Although the palace no longer exists, the chapel has been incorporated into the Aachen Cathedral, Germany.

Lindt & Sprüngli has six factories located in Kilchberg, Switzerland ; Aachen, Germany ; Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France ; Induno Olona, Italy ; Gloggnitz, Austria ; and Stratham, New Hampshire in the United States.

Traditionally the festival has been in October, held in a bunker deep underground Aachen, Germany.

He has received honorary doctoral degrees ( Doctor honoris causa ) from the University of Aachen ( 2002 ), University of Aveiro ( 2003 ), University of Copenhagen ( Copenhagen Business School ; 2009 ), University of Leiden ( 2010 ), University Ramon Llull, Barcelona ( 2010 ), University of Coimbra ( 2011 ) and from the EPFL, Lausanne ( 2011 ).

Contiki was created by Adam Dunkels in 2003 and is has been further developed by a world-wide team of developers from Atmel, Cisco, Enea, ETH, Redwire, RWTH Aachen University, Oxford University, SAP, Sensinode, SICS, ST Microelectronics, Zolertia, and many others.

MAGMA was founded in 1988 and has its Headquarters in Aachen, Germany.

Wolf Kahlen ( born 7 January 1940 in Aachen, Rhine Province ) is a German video artist who has been exhibiting since the 1960s.

A modern legend identifies as Brie de Meaux a certain cheese, " rich and creamy ", with an edible white rind that in the eighth century French Emperor Charlemagne first tasted in the company of a bishop and approved, requiring two cartloads to be sent to Aachen annually ; the site, not mentioned in the anecdotal but unreliable ninth-century life of Charlemagne, De Carolo Magno by Notker the Stammerer, has become associated with the monastery traditionally founded by Rado in Reuil-en-Brie.

The city of Aachen is near the Belgian and Dutch borders and as a result Alemannia has had frequent contact with clubs from those countries.

Horn has received several awards for his achievements in foreign relations, among others the Charlemagne Award of the city of Aachen in 1990.

The college has twinning programs with many institutions including Konyang University, South Korea University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, West Virginia University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Lamar University, all in the United States ; Aachen University and University of Muenster in Germany ; ISMANS, France ; University of Sydney and University of Wollongong, both in Australia.