Eilendorf (Aachen)
| Eilendorf | ||
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| City of Aachen | ||
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| Coordinates: 50°46′46″N 6°9′45″E / 50.77944°N 6.16250°ECoordinates: 50°46′46″N 6°9′45″E / 50.77944°N 6.16250°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| District | Eilendorf | |
| City | Aachen | |
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| • Total | 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 170-220 m (−550 ft) | |
| Population (2005) | ||
| • Total | 15,325 | |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 52080 | |
| Dialling codes | 0241 | |
Eilendorf is a district of Aachen, Germany, that has around 15000 inhabitants. The communities of Eilendorf and Nirm (both contained within the district of Eilendorf) share a border with the other Aachen districts of Brand, Aachen-Mitte (Rothe Erde), and Haaren (with the town of Verlautenheide), as well as the district of Atsch in Stolberg.
The first written mention of Eilendorf occurs in 1238, in a donation registry noting a gift from the Abbot Florenz of Kornelimünster Abbey to St. Adalbert Church in Aachen. It developed around a smithsonite mine which today is no longer in operation, though a mining symbol still appears on the Eilendorf coat of arms. In addition, there was a dolostone quary as well as a line manufacturer in Eilendorf. From 1577 until 1583 Eilendorf suffered billeting, plundering and pillaging from foreign troops involved in the Cologne War, and from 1630 to 1640 the town faced the horrors of the Thirty Years’ War, which was surpassed only by the ruthless war of conquest waged by Louis XIV of France in 1678. As a result of the French Revolution, the Kornelimünster Abbey met its abrupt end in 1794. It was finally dissolved in 1802 when all church goods became a property of the state. By 1797, Eilendorf was already in political union with Forst, Weiern and Höfen.
The Eilendorf area stretches to the east until the Propsteier Forest and the district of Aue in Eschweiler, where in 1884 the Stolberg Main Train Station was built on a track in this area. On 1 April 1886 Eilendorf split from Forst to elect its own mayor, and the old community borders were reestablished. On 1 April 1897 the town got its own train station for commuter and freight traffic, and Eilendorf and Nirm joined together as a single political community on 27 April 1900. In 1908 the first drug store opened in town.
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