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Aachen: History, Former Names & Timeline

Charlemagne's favourite residence and the de facto Carolingian capital; for six centuries German kings were crowned here.

Map showing Aachen in AD 900Aachen
Border map for AD 900. See Europe in AD 900.

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Former names of Aachen

FromNameNote
AD 100Aquae GranniRoman spa
AD 800Aquisgranum / Aachen

Timeline of Aachen

YearEvent
AD 796Charlemagne builds the Palatine Chapel
AD 814Charlemagne dies at Aachen and is buried here
AD 936Otto I is crowned King of Germany at Aachen
1531Ferdinand I is the last king crowned at Aachen

Who ruled Aachen

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCHallstatt culture
323 BC–2 BCUnclaimed / no data
1 BC–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Constantinus)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Franks
600–799Frankish Kingdom
800–999Carolingian Empire
1000–1649Holy Roman Empire
1650–1782Luxembourg
1783–1879Prussia
1880–1913Germany
1914–1919German Empire
1920–1944Germany
1945–1959Germany (UK)
1960–1993West Germany
1994–todayGermany

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