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- Düren obtained city rights in the early 13th century.
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It was conquered by the Roman Republic under Julius Caesar and became part of Germania inferior. Düren became a supply area for the rapidly growing Roman city of Cologne (Roman name Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium).
Düren, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies along the Rur River, on the northeastern slopes of the Eifel Hills. A Frankish settlement first mentioned in 748, it grew from the Villa Duria of Pippin III the Short, the king of the Franks.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Due to the reorganization of the European map at the Congress of Vienna, the Rhineland became Prussia. Düren became administrative center of the same named administrative district in the 1816 formed district of Aachen.
Düren became a supply area for the rapidly growing Roman city of Cologne (Roman name Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium). Furthermore, a few important Roman roads skirt Düren (including the road from Cologne to Jülich and Tongeren and the road from Cologne to Zülpich and Trier ).
- Schloss Burgau. First built in 1100 or so, this moated castle to the south of Düren became a lavish palace in Renaissance times. The greatest symbol from that period is the marvellous bay window (1551) on the residence tower, which is masterfully sculpted with medallions, coats of arms and ornamentation.
- Papiermuseum Düren. The city has a paper-making legacy that goes back to 1576. Those mills were set along the banks of the Rur River, the soft water of which was a key ingredient in production.
- Leopold-Hoesch-Museum. At the start of the 20th century the industrialist Wilhelm Hoesch donated 300,000 marks to the city to build a museum in his father’s memory.
- Stadtpark Düren. On the left bank of the Rur Düren’s city park is officially named after the former German chancellor Willy Brandt. And even though it was inaugurated in 1896, the park’s history begins after the war as the Rur River witnessed bitter fighting and almost everything along it was destroyed.
Düren (dür´ən), city (1994 pop. 89,850), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rur (Roer) River. It is a transportation and industrial center; manufactures include paper, food products, textiles, transportation equipment, plastics, and chemicals. Düren was a center of Carolingian culture.
Düren got city rights in the late 12th century. The city trapped in the Thirty Years’ War in 1642 and faced grave consequences. A serious plague broke out in the city after the war in 1648 which claimed many lives.
