Skip to content
Geilenkirchen

File:Luftaufnahme_Geilenkirchen_Zentrum_2_20150925-DSC06696.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ205050· pop 47· linked from 118 articles

Geilenkirchen

Sign in to save

Geilenkirchen (, Limburgish: ) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Heerlen and 20 km (12.4 mi) north of Aachen.

Key facts

German location.party
CDU
German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Geilenkirchen
German location.image_coa
DEU Geilenkirchen COA.svg
German location.image_skyline
Luftaufnahme Geilenkirchen Zentrum 2 20150925-DSC06696.jpg
German location.image_caption
Aerial view
German location.image_plan
Geilenkirchen in HS.svg
German location.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region
Köln
German location.district
Heinsberg
German location.elevation
95
German location.area
83.16
German location.postal_code
52511
German location.area_code
02451; 02453; 02462
German location.licence
HS, ERK, GK
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 3 70 012
German location.divisions
13
German location.website
www.geilenkirchen.de

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Link to the official site · 6,273 chars · not written by Vinony

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Born in Geilenkirchen
  • References

Geilenkirchen (, Limburgish: ) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Heerlen and 20 km (12.4 mi) north of Aachen.

It was the site of Operation Clipper in November 1944.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geilenkirchen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (3)

On the map

2 mapped locations