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    Erkelenz (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁkəlɛnt͡s] , Limburgish: Erkelens [ˈæʀ(ə)kəlæns])[tone?] is a town in the Rhineland in western Germany that lies 15...
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    Erkelenz station on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway is in the town of Erkelenz in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been classified...
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  • originates near Erkelenz. Niers rises near Kuckum. The area fell to Prussia in 1815, which in 1816 created the three districts Heinsberg, Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen...
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  • Peter Erkelenz (1894 – ) was a German film actor. Men Behind Bars (1931) The Sea Ghost (1931) Sacred Waters (1932) Dream of the Rhine (1933) The Star of...
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    Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Maas (Meuse). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The Niers...
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  • Torsten Toeller founded his first store for pet food and pet supplies in Erkelenz, Germany. Inspired by similar American pet superstores, he adapted the...
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    Wiesbaden and the Rhineland Literary Prize. Hammesfahr was born in Immerath (Erkelenz), North Rhine-Westphalia. Her first novel was published in 1991, followed...
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    resettled and several buildings including a church were destroyed. In Erkelenz, multiple wind turbines were demolished. By 2021, the hamlet of Lützerath...
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    upstream on both sides of the Maas, comprising the town of Geldern as well as Erkelenz, Goch, Nieuwstadt, Venlo and Straelen; spatially separated from the Lower...
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    Leo Heinrichs (category People from Erkelenz)
    sainthood. Joseph Heinrichs was born on August 15, 1867, in Oestrich, near Erkelenz, Rhineland, Germany. Under persecution from Otto von Bismarck's Kulturkampf...
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