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The city hall is still the residence of the mayor of Aachen and of the city council. The annual Charlemagne Prize is awarded in the City Hall of Aachen. Besides serving administrative purposes over the centuries, today’s Aachen City Hall also houses two museums. The first is the International Newspaper Museum which boasts a collection of over ...
Statue of Charlemagne (1969 copy) in front of Aachen Town Hall The statue of Charlemagne is a prominent public sculpture representing Charlemagne in Aachen . It was first erected in 1620 on the Marktplatz in front of Aachen Town Hall , as part of the monumental Karlsbrunnen [ de ] fountain.
Aachen's City Hall is located on the site of the Council Hall. In 881, a Viking raid damaged the palace and the chapel. In 1000, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III had Charlemagne's tomb opened. According to two 11th-century chroniclers, he would have been found sitting on his throne, wearing his crown and holding his sceptre. [46]
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In 1166, Aachen was given imperial immediacy and declared a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Frederick I, also known as Barbarossa, by means of the Charlemagne Privilege (Karlsprivileg). Aachen played a part in the league which kept the peace between 1351 and 1387 between the Meuse and the Rhine. [1]
The city and county jointly sponsored an architectural competition that Holabird & Roche won by unanimous vote. [12] Construction of the county building (east wing) began in 1905, and by 1907 some county offices were already beginning to move in. [12] Construction of city hall (the west wing) was delayed until 1909 because the city had to wait for the State to increase its borrowing authority ...
Aachen Hauptbahnhof (German for Aachen main station) is the most important railway station for the city of Aachen, in the far west of Germany near the Dutch and Belgian border. It is the largest of the four currently active Aachen stations, and is integrated into the long-distance network .