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11 unusual facts about Linnich


Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

Static War Headquarters Castlegate is a NATO command and communications bunker located approximately 2 km north-east of the town of Linnich, Germany.

Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg

In 1444 he won the Battle of Linnich but was unable to prevail in his fight for Guelders and ultimately sold his claim to Burgundy and acquired Blankenheim-Löwenberg and Heinsberg from Guelders.

Johan Wijnand van Goor

Johan Wijnand van Goor, Linnich c.

Klaus L. Wübbenhorst

Klaus L. Wübbenhorst (born February 22, 1956 in Linnich) is the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and spokesman for Germany's leading marketing research firm GfK, which is based in Nuremberg, Germany.

Lindern station

In addition, there were considerations that the Jülich–Dalheim railway operated by Rurtalbahn to Linnich would be extended as far as Lindern (as had already been planned at the beginning of the 19th century) to connect with the Heinsberg railway.

The AachenMönchengladbachDüsseldorf rail link is now important for commuters from the nearby area (Heinsberg/Linnich).

Marion Hellmann

Marion Hellmann (née Goldkamp; born 6 April 1967 in Linnich, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a retired German high jumper, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Nervous Germans

Their second Album Summer of Love (1983) was also their last, they disbanded on 1 July 1984 in the aftermath of a concert in Linnich (with Mitch Ryder).

Rur Valley railway

Rurtalbahn (German for "Rur Valley Railway") is a railway company servicing the Rur valley from Linnich to Heimbach.

Dürener Kreisbahn had operated the two train lines since 1993 (however with the line to Linnich being shorter - trains only went to Jülich).

Skippy Roberge

But in late 1944, as the Allied Forces advanced, Roberge was sent to the front lines, where he was wounded in the Roer River crossing at Linnich, Germany on February 14, 1945, which earned him the Purple Heart.


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