1. Aachen - Noun
2. Aachen - Proper noun
a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
Source: WordNetAACHEN, Germany: After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher said: "I've been lucky." Source: Internet
19th century On 9 February 1801, the Peace of Lunéville removed the ownership of Aachen and the entire "left bank" of the Rhine from Germany and granted it to France. Source: Internet
Aachen-West has developed priority with the expansion of RWTH Aachen University. Source: Internet
Abulafia, pg. 382 This defeat allowed Frederick to take Aachen and Cologne, Abulafia, pg. 382 as Otto was forced again to withdraw to his private possessions around Brunswick, Comyn, pg. 283 and he was forced to abdicate the imperial throne in 1215. Source: Internet
Advances were made in architecture (at Aachen and Ingelheim, for instance), technology (such as the iron horseshoe and the padded harness for plowing with horses), and agriculture (for example, the system of triple crop rotation). Source: Internet
Aachen was the place of coronation of the German emperors, and the ecclesiastical principalities of the Rhine played a large role in German history. Source: Internet