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Explore Kirdorf in Germany
Kirdorf in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia is a town in Germany - some 312 mi or ( 502 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital city .
Current time in Kirdorf is now 04:08 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Trier. Since you are here already, make sure to check out The Hague . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Kirdorf ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
AK08 GSR Bergheim Part1/3
Das Abschlussvideo der 10er der Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule ..
Shady Blue live - Soulmine
Bergheim "Summer in the City 2010" ..
AK08 GSR Bergheim Part 3/3
Das Abschlussvideo der 10er der Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule ..
Shady Blue live - Soul with a capital S
Bergheim "Summer in the City 2010" ..
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Interesting facts about this location
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.
Located at 50.92 6.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Niederaußem
Niederaußem is a city part of Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, located 18 km west of Cologne. Niederaußem has 6000 inhabitants. Niederaußem is supraregional well known by the power station Niederaußem.
Located at 50.98 6.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
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.
Located at 50.91 6.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Niederaussem Power Station
Niederaussem Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in the Bergheim Niederaussem/Rhein Erft circle, owned by RWE. It consists of nine units, which were built between 1963 and 2003. It has a total output capacity of 3,864 MW and a net capacity of 3,627 MW. According to the study Dirty Thirty, issued in May 2007 by the WWF, Niederaussem Power Station is the third-worst power station in Europe in terms of the relation of energy efficiency to CO2 emissions.
Located at 51.00 6.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
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.
Located at 50.94 6.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
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