This article is about the town Alsdorf in NRW Germany, for other meanings of Alsdorf you can have a look at Alsdorf (disambiguation).
Alsdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈalsdɔʁf]) is a municipality in the district of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Until the 21st century Alsdorf was a mining area, but by now many service companies have established themselves in Alsdorf. Besides, Alsdorf has an indoor arena, a cinema, a mining museum and a zoo.
Alsdorf is located near the border triangle Germany/Belgium/Netherlands in the Western of Germany. Communes bordering Alsdorf are Baesweiler, Aldenhoven, Eschweiler, Würselen, Herzogenrath und Übach-Palenberg. Alsdorf belongs to the district of Aachen. One of Alsdorfs sights is the old Castle and the mineing museum.
The today´s city of Alsdorf is a very complex construction of very different ingredients. On the one hand, a part of today’s city was a part of the duchy of Limburg (later united with duchy of Brabant) and one part belonged…