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
German place.area_code: 02456, 02455 (Saeffelen)
German place.licence: HS
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 3 70 024
German place.divisions: 16
German place.website: www.selfkant.de
German place.mayor: Norbert Reyans

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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.

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