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Breinigerberg is one of 17 villages belonging to the city of Stolberg (Rhineland), which is one of the major cities in the district of Aachen. Breinigerberg is administered by Cologne. According to a census dated December 31st, 2005 the village had 971 inhabitants. This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Coat of arms Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DEA Capital Düsseldorf Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  34,084 km² (13,160 sq mi) Population 18,033,000... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Cologne is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... The district of Aachen (Kreis Aachen) is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... The district of Aachen (Kreis Aachen) is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Cologne is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ...

The country road L12 passing through Breinigerberg centrally connects the village in western direction to Breinig and in eastern direction to the crossing Nachtigaellchen which is west of Mausbach.

In the east of Breinigerberg you can find the forest of Stolberg (part of the natural preserve Naturpark Nordeifel) and the natural reserve Schlangenberg which is famous for its calamine flora. The hill Schlangenberg is 276 m above sea level and originates in the former ore mine of Breinigerberg. Names like Bleiweg, which means “Way of lead”, even today, give hints to the history of the village. The calamine from the ore mine Breinigerberg was used exclusively in Stolberg for the production of brass. Calamine is a mixture of zinc oxide (ZnO) with about 0. ... Iron ore (Banded iron formation) Manganese ore Lead ore Gold ore An ore is a volume of rock containing components or minerals in a mode of occurrence which renders it valuable for mining. ... Mine can refer to a number of things: Mines are tunnels used in mining for extraction of resources. ... Calamine is a mixture of zinc oxide (ZnO) with about 0. ... For other uses, see Brass (disambiguation). ...

The history of Breinigerberg can be traced back to the Romans. Remains of a Roman craftsmen settlement had been found in the center of the village. Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ...

In a building of the former junior high school which was closed in 1988 an information center on the Schlangenberg natural reserve was founded by the Eifel- und Heimatverein Breinig. It is open to the public and presents detailed information on the special flora and fauna of the Schlangenberg region. Historical tools used in the ore mines of Breinigerberg were exhibited as well.

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In the north and south of Breinigerberg there are further natural reserves like the natural reserve Brockenberg or Baerenstein. Most of them had been former chalk pits.

Breinigerberg has two sports grounds used by the local football team FC. Breinigerberg. The former junior high school is also used as a youth center (youth center Remember).

One of the major events at Breinigerberg is the funfair at christain pentecost.

Literature

• Information sheet Naturschutzgebiet Schlangenberg of the Informationszentrum Breinigerberg by Eifel- und Heimatverein Breinig

External links

• Official website of Breinig and Breinigerberg (in German)
• This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.