Simmerath is a municipality in the
district of Aachen, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It is located approximately 20 km south-east of
Aachen, near the border to
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
.
The administrative area was expanded in 1972 and includes the following localities:
* Dedenborn
* Eicherscheid
* Einruhr
* Erkensruhr
* Hammer
* Hirschrott
* Huppenbroich
* Kesternich
* Lammersdorf
* Paustenbach
* Rollesbroich
* Rurberg
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* Witzerath
* Woffelsbach
Gallery
File:Lammersdorf, die katholische Pfarrkirche Dm128 in straatzicht foto3 2016-09-09 12.33.jpg, Lammersdorf, catholic church in the street
File:Einruhr, die Sankt Nikolaus Kirche in dorpszicht foto6 2015-04-16 12.23.jpg, Einruhr, church of St. Nicholas in the village
File:Bij Einruhr, die Rur foto5 2016-09-09 14.24.jpg, near Einruhr, river Rur
The Rur or Roer (german: Rur ; Dutch and li, Roer, , ; french: Rour) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse ( nl, links=no, Maas). About 90 perce ...
File:Paustenbach, straatzicht Paustenbacher Strasse foto8 2016-09-09 12.46.jpg, Paustenbach, view of a street
References
External links
Aachen (district)
{{AachenDistrict-geo-stub