Aachen
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Aachen
Aachen is a major city in the Bundesland (state) of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been a health resort since the 1st century AD. It has the hottest mineral springs in central Europe. It is thought to be the birthplace of Charlemagne, the founder of Carolingian culture. Thirty-two emperors of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned at the Aachen cathedral. Visit the town hall, which is built on the ruins of Charlemagne's palace, the 13th-century cathedral with Charlemagne's tomb, and the many museums (of particular interest is the Newspaper Museum with more than 120,000 papers in some 30 languages). The city was severely damaged during World War II, but was largely rebuilt by 1966.
