Hürtgen Forest
Forest along the border between Belgium and Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hürtgen forest (also: Huertgen Forest; German: Hürtgenwald) is located along the border between Belgium and Germany, in the southwest corner of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Scarcely 130 square kilometres (50 square miles) in area, the forest lies within a triangle outlined by the German towns of Aachen, Monschau, and Düren. The Rur River runs along the forest's eastern edge.
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Coordinates | 50.7008°N 6.4284°E / 50.7008; 6.4284 |
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