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Aachen

The Euro was awarded the Charlemagne Prize of Aachen in 2002 (Photo: EU Commission Audivisual Library)

A German town close to Belgium and the Netherlands. Capital of Charlemagne's empire in the 9^th century. Charlemagne's tomb is located here, it inspires modern efforts towards European unity.

Notes

Every year in Aachen a well-known European receives a prize for his/her work for European integration, known as the Charlemagne Prize. In 2007 the price went to Javier Solana. Previous winners have been: in 2006 Jean-Claude Juncker, in 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, in 2004 the outgoing EU Parliament President, Pat Cox, and In 2003, Giscard d'Estaing.  

In 2002 the prize went to the EURO for which the European Central Bank stands as its custodian.  In 2001 it went to the Hungarian Writer and Sociologist György Konrád, and in 2000 to Bill Clinton, at the time President of the United States of America.

Links

City of Aachen: http://www.aachen.de/EN/index.html   
About Aachen: http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-......achen.de/mjf/stadt-aachen.html
 About the Charlemagne Prize: http://www.citymayors.com/feat......agne.html#Anchor-History-49575
http://www.aachen.de/EN/sb/pr_az/karls_pr/index.html
List of winners from 1950: http://www.aachen.de/EN/sb/pr_......arlier_declarations/index.html