- Hürtgenwald
Infobox German Location
Wappen = Huertgenwald_wappen.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 42 |lat_sec = 36
lon_deg = 06 |lon_min = 22 |lon_sec = 28
Lageplan =
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Düren
Höhe = 300
Fläche = 88.05
Einwohner = 8791
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 52393
Vorwahl = 02429
Kfz = DN
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 58 016
Gliederung = 13
Straße = August-Scholl-Straße 5
Website = [http://www.huertgenwald.de/ www.huertgenwald.de]
Bürgermeister = Axel Buch
Partei = CDUHürtgenwald is a municipality in the district of Düren in the federal state of
North Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany . It is located in theEifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west ofDüren . Much of the area is covered by forest (Hürtgenwald in literal translation means Hürtgen Forest).Hürtgenwald is composed of the villages Bergstein, Brandenberg, Gey, Großhau, Horm, Hürtgen, Kleinhau, Raffelsbrand, Schafberg, Simonskall, Strass, Vossenack and Zerkall (in alphabetical order). Kleinhau with the town hall is not only the administrational center of the community, but has become the commercial center as well (shops and a few supermarkets).
In
World War II , Hürtgenwald was the theater of what is considered one of the most fierce and tragic battles to date. Two largewar grave s (one in Hürtgen, one in Vossenack) are places to commemorate those who fell.Nowadays, the pleasing landscape of forested hills, lakes and rivers attracts a lot of people from nearby densely populated areas, e.g. from the
Cologne area and theRuhr Area , for recreational reasons.ee also
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Battle of Hurtgen Forest
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