Selfkant
Selfkant (; or Zelfkant ; ) is a municipality in the Heinsberg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the most westerly municipality in Germany.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Gemeinde
- German place.name
- Selfkant
- German place.image_photo
- Saeffelen Orsmitte.jpg
- German place.image_flag
- Flagge Selfkant.svg
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Selfkant COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Selfkant in HS.svg
- German place.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German place.region
- Köln
- German place.district
- Heinsberg
- German place.elevation
- 69
- German place.area
- 42.09
- German place.postal_code
- 52538
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Selfkant (; or Zelfkant ; ) is a municipality in the Heinsberg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the most westerly municipality in Germany.
==Geography== thumb|left|The most western point of Germany is located near this point along the Street from Tüddern (D) to Susteren (NL) Isenbruch in Selfkant is the most westerly point in Germany since 1919; before that, the position was held by Gravelotte, in Alsace-Lorraine. Selfkant's municipal boundary bordering the Netherlands is long, but is only long within Germany.
Gallery (2)
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2 mapped locations