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Erkelenz
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Erkelenz is an exclusive touristic town located in Rhineland, in the state North Rhine-Westphalia, in the rural district Heinsberg. It is situated in the lowland of the Niederrheinische Bucht. The area is covered by loess and very fertile soil. The landscape is called Borde and is plain.
According to the precious archeological findings, Erkelenz was first mentioned in a document as Herclinze in 966 century. In the 1326 century, it received the status as a town from the count of Guelders. Earlier, the area of Erkelenz was an exclave of the duchy of Guelders in the duchy of Julich. The town belonged to the Upper Quarter Roermond. Later, in 1543 century, the Spanish Netherlands got Erkelenz and in 1713 after the war of the Spanish succession, the prince of palatine received the town.
Presently, Erkelenz experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of Germany. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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