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Gevelsdorf Destination Guide

Discover Gevelsdorf in Germany

Gevelsdorf in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia is a town located in Germany - some 318 mi or ( 512 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Gevelsdorf

Local time in Gevelsdorf is now 10:25 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Wegberg. When in this area, you might want to check out The Hague . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Gevelsdorf ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Jülich Citadel

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The front gate to the citadel, walking through the outer wall, and the view from the moat. ..

Lego SWAT 1

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Ein Banküberfall in der V. City Bank pls. make comments ..


taizè meeting 08/09

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International winter meeting in Bruxelles ..

Festzug

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Schützenfest 2012 in Welldorf - Festumzug ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Jülich radio transmitter

The shortwave transmitter Jülich, operated by Deutsche Telekom / T-Systems, was a part of the shortwave broadcasting facility at Jülich, Germany. In 1956 WDR broadcaster established the first shortwave transmitter near Mersch, and in subsequent years this site was expanded. On 1 September 1961 this site was handed over to the Deutsche Bundespost (German Federal Post) to establish the German foreign broadcasting service, "Deutsche Welle". In time 10 transmitters of 100 kilowatts were installed.

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Located at 50.94 6.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Transmitter sites in Germany

Sophienhöhe

The Sophienhöhe (301.8 m AMSL) is the largest artificial hill worldwide created by surface mining at the open cast lignite mine Tagebau Hambach operated by RWE Power AG in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Located at 50.94 6.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia

Siege of Jülich (1621–22)

The Siege of Jülich was a siege that took place between September 5 1621 and February 3 1622, during the Palatinate campaign of the Thirty Years' War. After five months of siege the Spanish army under Ambrosio Spinola took the Dutch-occupied fortress of Jülich, compelling its garrison to surrender.

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Located at 50.92 6.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Conflicts in 1621, Conflicts in 1622, History of the Rhineland, Sieges of the Eighty Years' War

Niers

The Niers is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, right tributary to the river Meuse. Its source is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The Niers flows through Mönchengladbach, Viersen, Wachtendonk, Geldern and Goch before flowing into the Meuse just across the border with the Netherlands, in Gennep. Its total length is 116 km - 108 km in Germany, 8 km in the Netherlands.

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Located at 51.08 6.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Meuse drainage basin, Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rivers of the Netherlands

Duchy of Jülich

The Duchy of Jülich comprised a state within the Holy Roman Empire from the 11th to the 18th centuries. The duchy lay left of the Rhine river between the Electorate of Cologne in the east and the Duchy of Limburg in the west. It had territories on both sides of the river Rur, around its capital Jülich – the former Roman Iuliacum – in the lower Rhineland. The duchy amalgamated with the County of Berg beyond the Rhine in 1423, and from then on also became known as Jülich-Berg.

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Located at 50.92 6.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1815 disestablishments, History of North Rhine-Westphalia, History of territories in Germany ruled by a secular sovereign, History of the Rhineland, Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, States and territories established in 1356, States of the Holy Roman Empire