page_title: Aachen Cathedral
section_title: Miscellaneous
hierarchical_section_title: Aachen Cathedral / Miscellaneous
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Seismometer am Aachener Dom
context_page_description: Aachen Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen.
  One of the oldest cathedrals in Europe, it was constructed by order of Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814. From 936 to 1531, the Palatine Chapel saw the coronation of thirty-one German kings and twelve queens. The church has been the mother church of the Diocese of Aachen since 1802.
context_section_description: The German impressionist painter August von Brandis painted Aachen Cathedral in several works. Act III of Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani is set at the tomb of Charlemagne.
  The Domwache (Cathedral watch), a youth self-help group, has been operated since 1957 by the Catholic students association of K.D.St.V. Franconia Aachen.
  Since November 15th 2012, the Geological Service of North Rhine-Westphalia operates a station monitoring seismic activity in the Lower Rhine Basin. It is located in the foundations of the hexadecagon near the entry to the St Ann's Chapel.
caption: Seismometer of the seismological station in Aachen Cathedral
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