H?rtgenwald is a municipality in the district of D?ren in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of D?ren. Much of the area is covered by forest (H?rtgenwald in literal translation means H?rtgen Forest).H?rtgenwald is composed of the villages Bergstein, Brandenberg, Gey, Gro?hau, Horm, H?rtgen, Kleinhau, Raffelsbrand, Schafberg, Simonskall, Strass, Vossenack and Zerkall (in alphabetical order). Kleinhau with the town hall is not only the administrational center of the community, but has become the commercial center as well (shops and a few supermarkets).In World War II, H?rtgenwald was the theater of what is considered one of the most fierce and tragic battles to date. Two large war graves (one in H?rtgen, one in Vossenack) are places to commemorate those who fell.Nowadays, the pleasing landscape of forested hills, lakes and rivers attracts a lot of people from nearby densely populated areas, e.g. from the Cologne area and the Ruhr Area, for recreational reasons.
District
D?ren
Population as of
2006-12-31
Population total
8791
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