Geilenkirchen
Sign in to saveGeilenkirchen (, 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
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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.