Jülich
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Jülich is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As a border region between the competing powers in the Lower Rhine and Meuse areas, the town and the Duchy of Jülich played a historic role from the Middle Ages up to the 17th century.
Renaissance palace within the Jülich Citadel
The Surrender of Jülich at the end of the 1621–22 siege, by Jusepe Leonardo (1635).
Maximum extent of the French fortification of Juliers
Jülich, church
Roer
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The Roer or Rur is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse. About 90 percent of the river's course is in Germany.
The Roer in Monschau
The Roer between Monschau and Dedenborn during winter
The Roer in the High Fens
The Roer near Hückelhoven.