• Heinsberg is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with the town of Heinsberg as its capital. Neighbouring districts are Viersen...
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    a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the district Heinsberg. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river...
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    is located in western North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Heinsberg district. Heinsberg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013...
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    NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen (category Heinsberg (district))
    NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen (E-3A Component) (IATA: GKE, ICAO: ETNG) is located near Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the main operating...
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    The Lindern–Heinsberg (Rheinl) railway, also called the Heinsberger Bahn (Heinsberg Railway) or Wurmtalbahn (Wurm Valley Railway) is a single-track branch...
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    Selfkant (category Heinsberg (district))
    Limburgish: Zelfkantj [ˈzæl˦əfˌkɑntʃ˦]) is a municipality in the Heinsberg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the most westerly municipality...
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    Geilenkirchen (category Heinsberg (district))
    [ˈɡaɪlənkɪʁçn̩] , Ripuarian: Jellekerke [ˈjæləˌkæʀ˦(ə)kə]) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border...
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    Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier (category Heinsberg (district))
    Braunkohlerevier, often called the Rhenish mining area, is a lignite mining area or district in the Cologne Bay, on the northwestern edge of the Rhenish Slate Mountains...
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    RAF Hospital Wegberg (category Buildings and structures in Heinsberg (district))
    The former Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg, commonly abbreviated to RAF(H) Wegberg, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military hospital located in Wegberg,...
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  • pronunciation: [ˈdyːʁən]) is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Neuss, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Euskirchen...
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    Übach-Palenberg (category Heinsberg (district))
    Übach-Palenberg (Ripuarian: Übach-Pallebersch) is a town in the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was formed by the merger of two...
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    Elke Winkens (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    March 1970) is an Austrian-German actress. She grew up in Germany in the district Ratheim in Hückelhoven. Because of her father's work the family moved to...
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    Hückelhoven (category Heinsberg (district))
    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...
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    Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (10 January 1803 in Geilenkirchen – 3 December 1890 in Cologne) was a Prime Minister of Prussia. During the Revolutions of...
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  • Josef Houben (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    Heinrich Hubert Maria Josef Houben (27 October 1875, in Waldfeucht (Rheinland) Germany – 28 June 1940, in Tübingen) was a German chemist. He made achievements...
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  • Homburg vor der Höhe HR = Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, capital: Homberg HS = Kreis Heinsberg HW = Kreis Halle (Westfalen). It may be possible that they hoped to have...
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    Christoph Leisten (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    Christoph Leisten (born 30 May 1960 in Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German teacher and writer. After graduating from high school, Christoph...
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    Thomas Jahn (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    Thomas Jahn (born 9 July 1965) is a German film and television director. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997) Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998) Auf Herz...
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  • Violettas Puppenbühne (category Heinsberg (district))
    Violettas Puppenbühne is a theatre in Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 51°09′30″N 7°05′27″E / 51.15833°N 7.09083°E / 51.15833; 7.09083 v t...
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  • Friedhelm Waldhausen (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    Friedhelm Waldhausen (born 1938 in Millich, Hückelhoven, Rhine Province) is a German mathematician known for his work in algebraic topology. He made fundamental...
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    Wegberg (category Heinsberg (district))
    Limburgish: Berk [ˈbæʀ(ə)k])[tone?] is the northernmost town in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Wegberg is situated between...
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    Grenzlandring (category Buildings and structures in Heinsberg (district))
    The Grenzlandring ("border-region ring"), sometimes written Grenzland-Ring, was a high-speed oval race track in the Lower Rhine area of Germany, around...
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    Erkelenz (category Heinsberg (district))
    It is a medium-sized town (over 44,000) and the largest in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Despite the town having more than 1,000...
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    Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath (category Buildings and structures in Heinsberg (district))
    at around 40 m (130 ft) high, and it was the only church in the district of Heinsberg having that form. The towers contained two bells which were added...
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    Wassenberg (category Heinsberg (district))
    [ˈvasn̩bɛʁk]; Limburgish: Wasseberg [ˈwɑsəˌbæʀ˦(ə)x]) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border...
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    Gangelt (category Heinsberg (district))
    Gangelt is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the border with the Netherlands and about 10 km east...
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    Church of St. Martin, Borschemich (category Buildings and structures in Heinsberg (district))
    The Church of St. Martin (German: Filialkirche St. Martinus) was a Roman Catholic church in the village of Borschemich [de], Erkelenz in North Rhine-Westphalia...
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  • district-free Mönchengladbach, Heinsberg and the Dutch province of Limburg. In 1816, the new Prussian government created the district of Kempen. Originally belonging...
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    Heinsberg (Rheinland) station is a terminus in Heinsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is at the end of the Lindern–Heinsberg railway...
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  • Detlev Lauscher (category People from Heinsberg (district))
    Detlev Lauscher (30 September 1952 – 15 January 2010) was a German footballer who played as a striker during the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Übach-Palenberg...
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