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Übach-Palenberg
Sign in to saveÜbach-Palenberg (; Limburgish: Übach-Pallebersch) is a town in the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was formed by the merger of two villages, Palenberg and Übach.
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Übach-Palenberg is a city in Germany, situated within the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia. The municipality has a population of 24,354 and covers an area of 26.11 square kilometers. It is located near the Wurm river and stands at an elevation of 110 meters above sea level. The city uses the postal code 52531 and the local dialing code 02451.
Administratively, Übach-Palenberg is twinned with Rosny-sous-Bois. Its license plate codes include HS, ERK, and GK. The city operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones, corresponding to the Europe/Berlin timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Übach-Palenberg
- Region
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 25,544
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Übach-Palenberg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Uebach-Palenberg COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Übach von Kirche-2.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Übach seen from the church
- German location.image_plan
- Übach-Palenberg in HS.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Köln
- German location.district
- Heinsberg
- German location.elevation
- 110
- German location.area
- 26.09
- German location.postal_code
- 52531
- German location.area_code
- 0245102404 (Parts of Boscheln)
- German location.licence
- HS
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 3 70 028
- German location.website
- www.uebach-palenberg.de
- German location.mayor
- Christine Stadtler
- German location.leader_term
- 2025–30
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Coat of arms
- Economy
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Übach-Palenberg (; Limburgish: Übach-Pallebersch) is a town in the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was formed by the merger of two villages, Palenberg and Übach.
==Geography== The town is located at the border with the Netherlands, at approx. 10 km east of Heerlen and 15 km north of Aachen. The river Wurm flows through the area. The town has an area of 26.106 km2. More than half the area is agricultural.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Übach-Palenberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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