Geilenkirchen: NATO AWACS Air Base, Wurm River Crossing, and the Heinsberger Land Border Town Near the Netherlands
Geilenkirchen has roughly 28,300 inhabitants and lies in the Heinsberg district of Nordrhein-Westfalen, close to the Dutch border. The NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen hosts AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, making it one of NATO's key surveillance installations. The Wurm river flows through the town. Operation Clipper in November 1944 caused significant destruction during the Second World War.
Heinsberg is about 15 kilometres northwest. Aachen lies roughly 25 kilometres south. The Dutch town of Sittard is around 15 kilometres west across the border. Juelich is nearby to the southeast. The terrain is flat to gently rolling, typical of the Lower Rhine borderlands.
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Geilenkirchen has roughly 28,300 inhabitants and lies in the Heinsberg district of Nordrhein-Westfalen, close to the Dutch border. The NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen hosts AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, making it one of NATO's key surveillance installations. The Wurm river flows through the town. Operation Clipper in November 1944 caused significant destruction during the Second World War.
Heinsberg is about 15 kilometres northwest. Aachen lies roughly 25 kilometres south. The Dutch town of Sittard is around 15 kilometres west across the border. Juelich is nearby to the southeast. The terrain is flat to gently rolling, typical of the Lower Rhine borderlands.
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