Aachen, Düren, and Environs September 11, 2019 Knechtsteden Monastery in Chorbusch Braunkohle power plant on the way from Witteshoven to Düren. Braunkohl is still being excavated and used. To allow mining in this area some villages had to be abandoned. Displaced people were given property elsewhere. Our hosts took us out for curry wurst before our visit to Aachen. Der Aachener Dom 1993 statue of Charlemagne by the Aachener Dom. Inside the cathedral. A statue about the circulation of money. The upright pinky indicates Aachen.