Erkelenz
thumb|upright|Early spring at the Erkelenz Market. View of St. Lambert's Church, Erkelenz|St. Lambert's Church and the Old Town Hall. Erkelenz (, ) is a town in the Rhineland in western Germany that lies southwest of Mönchengladbach on the northern edge of the Cologne Lowland, halfway between the Lower Rhine region and the Lower Meuse. It is a medium-sized town (over 44,000) and the largest in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Erkelenz
- German location.image_photo
- Erkelenz altes rathaus.jpg
- German location.imagesize
- 250px
- German location.image_caption
- Old town hall in Erkelenz
- German location.image_flag
- Hissflagge Erkelenz.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Erkelenz COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Erkelenz in HS.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Cologne
- German location.district
- Heinsberg
- German location.elevation
- 92
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