Head (Aachen)

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Former border house, now KuKuK cultural meeting point

Köpfchen is a settlement in the south of the city of Aachen on the border between Germany and Belgium . Until 1995 there was a border crossing here.

location

The settlement is located in the Aachen-Mitte district on the southern edge of the Aachen Forest at an altitude of 282 m. The Eupener Straße ( B57 ) runs through the settlement, which leads from Aachen to Eupen and on the Belgian side as Aachener Straße (N68) leads through Raeren .

Border crossing

The Aachen-Köpfchen border crossing was closed after the Schengen Agreement came into force in 1995. In the year 2000 the association Art and Culture in Mind (KuKuK) was founded, whereby the former Belgian customs building could be preserved.

In the vicinity of the border crossing there are remains of the Siegfried Line with the associated biotope network .

photos

Individual evidence

  1. Grenzroute No. 5 on Grenzrouten.eu
  2. Archive link ( Memento from January 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Entry on the Westwall am Köpfchen biotope network in Aachen in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Council

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '  N , 6 ° 5'  E