Aldenhoven

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Aldenhoven within Düren district

(2020–25) Ralf Claßen^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total44.26 km² (17.09 sq mi)Elevation

114 m (374 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total14,081 • Density320/km² (820/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

52457

Dialling codes02464Vehicle registrationDN / JÜLWebsitewww.aldenhoven.de

Aldenhoven (German pronunciation: [ˈaldn̩hoːfn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 5 km south-west of Jülich, 5 km north of Eschweiler and 20 km north-east of Aachen.

Gallery

Aldenhoven, church
Aldenhoven, chapel

Notable people

Heinrich von der Mark (1784-1865), Bavarian lieutenant-general and minister of war
Edmund Emundts (1790-1871) Lord Mayor of Aachen
Jürgen Fliege (born 1947), television pastor, in the 1980s evangelical pastor in Aldenhoven
Reinhold Yabo (born 1992), German footballer

Twin Town

Aldenhoven is twinned with the French town of Albert.

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.