Friesenrath, Roetgen

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Friesenrath is a small historic village in western Germany, near the spa town Aachen and the tri-border region to Belgium and the Netherlands. Friesenrath is located in the valley of the creek Inde at the edge of the low mountain range Eifel, 11 km southeast of the centre of Aachen. There are several evidences that the village was founded under the rule of the Romans more than one and a half millennium ago. Worth seeing is the chapel St. Bernhard, the castle Friesenrath, the soldiers' monument, a rebuilt drinking water supply with a stone trough and a slaughter site, a milepost and the old school at the center. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°41'40"N, 6°11'1"E

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Kornelimünster Walheim (Walheim)Roetgen Germany

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Friesenrath – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aquis Plaza, Kornelimünster Abbey, Antoniuskapelle, Bismarck Tower.

6.8 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Aquis Plaza, Aachen
174 min walk • Aquis Plaza is a shopping center in Aachen's city center at the eastern end of the Adalbertstraße shopping street. It extends from Willy-Brandt-Platz to Kaiserplatz. After years of preparations and problems, including the purchase of the necessary...
2.3 miN
Monastery
Kornelimünster Abbey, Aachen
60 min walk • Kornelimünster Abbey, also known as Abbey of the Abbot Saint Benedict of Aniane and Pope Cornelius, is a Benedictine monastery that has been integrated since 1972. The abbey is located in Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
2.3 miN
Church
Antoniuskapelle, Aachen
60 min walk • St. Anthony's Chapel is located in Kornelimünster/Walheim, a district of the German city of Aachen. The chapel was built in 1718 but destroyed by an earthquake before consecration. Charles Ludwig von Sickingen-Ebernburg, the abbot of the abbey at Kornelimünster later ordered to rebuild the damaged unfinished building.
4.9 miNW
Tower
Bismarck Tower, Aachen
126 min walk • The Aachen Bismarck Tower is one of 173 still-standing towers and columns, which were constructed in the German Empire to commemorate the founder of the German state, Otto von Bismarck.
4.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schlangenberg Nature Reserve
111 min walk • The nature reserve of Schlangenberg which means snake-mountain is located in the west of Germany close to the Dutch and Belgian border.
5.7 miN
50°46'29"N • 6°13'1"E
Zinkhütter Hof, Stolberg
147 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
5.6 miNW
Aquarium, Zoo
Aachener Tierpark Euregiozoo, Aachen
143 min walk • The Aachen Zoo Euregiozoo is an 8.9-hectare zoo located between the districts of Forst and Beverau in Aachen's "Drimborner Wäldchen", named after the former family of aldermen mayors Hermann von Dremborn and Johann von Drimborn.
6 miNW
Church
Herz-Jesu, Aachen
153 min walk • The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, colloquially known as Frankenberg Cathedral or Öcher Sacre Coeur, was built between 1908 and 1910 as a neo-Romanesque ashlar basilica designed by architect Josef Kleesattel in the Frankenberg quarter ...
5.5 miNW
Nature, Forest, Natural attraction
Aachen Forest, Aachen
141 min walk • Aachen Forest lies about 3.7 km south of the city centre of Aachen and has an area of 2,357 ha. It essentially comprises the forest areas of the former free imperial city of Aachen south and west of the formerly independent municipalities of Burtscheid and Forst, as well as north and east of the Belgian border.
5.5 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Burg Stolberg, Stolberg
139 min walk • Stolberg Castle rises on a steep limestone cliff in the middle of Stolberg's old town in Stolberg in the Aachen city region of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the landmark, cradle and namesake of the city.
3.8 miN
Church
Sankt Donatus, Aachen
96 min walk • St. Donatus is the parish church of the district of Brand, which belongs to Aachen. The parish includes Bierstrauch, Brand, Brander Heide, England, Freund, Neuenhof and Niederforstbach.