Geilenkirchen
Geilenkirchen (De-Geilenkirchen.ogg, Limburgish: Jellekerke) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Heerlen and 20 km (12.4 mi) north of Aachen.
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It was the site of Operation Clipper in November 1944. The town gives its name to nearby NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen. The base is home to seventeen E-3A airborne early warning and control aircraft flown by aircrew from over fourteen nations. On 24 July 2019 the highest temperature ever recorded in Germany was measured in Geilenkirchen at 40.5 C during a heat wave that affected much of Europe. The record was broken the following day when temperature in Lingen reached 42.6 C.
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• Type — Stadt • Name — Geilenkirchen • State — Nordrhein-Westfalen • Region — Köln • District — Heinsberg • Elevation — 95 • Area — 83.16 • Postal Code — 52511 • Area Code — 02451; 02453; 02462 • Licence — HS, ERK, GK • Gemeindeschlussel — 05 3 70 012 • Divisions — 13 • Website — www.geilenkirchen.de • Mayor — Armin Leon • Leader Term — 2025–30 • Party — CDU
Born in Geilenkirchen
Born in Geilenkirchen
• Marlon Bröhr (born 1974), CDU politician • Ludolf Camphausen (1803–1890), banker, Prussian minister president in the revolutionary year 1848 • Otto von Camphausen (1812–1896), Prussian Finance Minister • Christoph Dohmen (born 1957), professor of the Old Testament at the University of Regensburg • Hans Meyer (1900–1962), German physician and ministerial official • Max Wilms (1867–1918), German physician and surgeon
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