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Kirchherten Destination Guide

Discover Kirchherten in Germany

Kirchherten in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia is a town located in Germany - some 314 mi or ( 506 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Kirchherten

Local time in Kirchherten is now 12:04 PM (Monday) . 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 Trier. 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 Kirchherten ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Klompenzug 2012 Bedburg Kaster Schützenfestmontag

5:39 min by Klaus Dieter Lauenroth
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Der 3 Abteilung machte sich zu Ehren des Klompenkönigspaar und Zuschauer fertig zur Parade. Das Wetter blieb trocken währed des Festzuges Die Parade konnte beginnen richtung Festzelt ..

Festzug

7:25 min by Rhinecounty
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Schützenfest 2012 in Welldorf - Festumzug ..


awacs mit militärischer begleitung.flv

0:38 min by Rhinecounty
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Ein AWACS - Aufklärer mit "Begleitung". Fünf bis sechs Runden wurden so gedreht. Dazu überhaupt ein reger militärischer Flugverkehr. Für welchen Einsatz hier wohl geübt wurde? Syrien - eher unwahrsche ..

Tagebauexkursion

2:57 min by pcfc2050
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Exkursion der 80. BauFaK in Aachen zum Tagebau Garzweiler und zur Schrofmühle. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Garzweiler surface mine

The Tagebau Garzweiler is a large surface mine in the German federated state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. The mine currently has a size of 48 km² and got its name from the village of Garzweiler which previously existed at this location.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 51.05 6.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Coal mines in Germany, Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia, RWE

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 7 km away
Tags: Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia

Bagger 288

Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA's Crawler-Transporter, used to carry the Space Shuttle and Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle (itself built by excavator manufacturer Marion Power Shovel Company), as the largest land vehicle in the world, at 13,500 tons.

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Located at 51.06 6.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Engineering vehicles, Mining equipment, Mining in Germany, Tracked vehicles

Bagger 293

Bagger 293, previously known as the MAN TAKRAF RB293, is a giant bucket-wheel excavator made by the German industrial company TAKRAF, formerly an East German Kombinat. It owns or shares some records for terrestrial vehicle size in the Guinness Book of Records. Bagger 293 was built in 1995, one of a group of similar sized 'sibling' vehicles such as the Bagger 281 (built in 1958), Bagger 285 (1975), Bagger 287 (1976), Bagger 288 (1978), Bagger 291 (1993), etc.

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Located at 50.92 6.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Coal mining, Engineering vehicles, Mining equipment

Hambach surface mine

The Tagebau Hambach is a large open-pit mine in Niederzier and Elsdorf, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. Begun in 1978, the mine currently has a size of 33.89 km² and is planned to eventually have a size of 85 km². It is the deepest open pit mine with respect to sea level, where the ground of the pit is 293 metres below sea level.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.91 6.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1978 establishments, Coal mines in Germany, Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia, RWE