Aldenhoven

Aldenhoven
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Aldenhoven Location of Aldenhoven within Düren district
Coordinates: 50°53′45″N 06°16′59″E / 50.89583°N 6.28306°E / 50.89583; 6.28306Coordinates: 50°53′45″N 06°16′59″E / 50.89583°N 6.28306°E / 50.89583; 6.28306
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Düren
Government
• Mayor	Emil Frank
Area
• Total	44.26 km2 (17.09 sq mi)
Elevation	114 m (374 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,887
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	52457
Dialling codes	02464
Vehicle registration	DN
Website	www.aldenhoven.de

Aldenhoven (German pronunciation: [ˈaldənhoːfən]) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 5 km south-west of Jülich, 5 km north of Eschweiler and 20 km north-east of Aachen.

Gallery

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  Aldenhoven, church
• 
  Aldenhoven, tower near the church

Notable people

• Heinrich von der Mark (1784-1865), Bavarian lieutenant-general and minister of war
• Edmund Emundts (1790-1871) Lord Mayor of Aachen
• Jürgen Fliege (born 1947), television pastor, in the 1980s evangelical pastor in Aldenhoven
• Reinhold Yabo (born 1992), German footballer

Twin Town

Aldenhoven is twinned with the French town of Albert.

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