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Hückelhoven

Germany / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Huckelhoven /
 municipality, commune - administrative division, draw only border

Town in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Rur, approx. 10 km east of Heinsberg, 20 km south-west of Mönchengladbach and approximately 15 km from the border with the Netherlands. Hückelhoven owes its development from village to town to the coal mining industry; the Sophia-Jacoba colliery was opened in 1914. This colliery (the last in the Aachen coalfield) was closed in 1997.

www.hueckelhoven.de
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Coordinates:   51°2'18"N   6°13'46"E
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