Aix-la-Chapelle

Aix-la-Chapelle (Aix-la-Chapelle`) , in Rhenish Prussia, one of the oldest cities in Germany, made capital of the German empire by Charlemagne; derives its name from its mineral springs; is a centre of manufacturing industries and an important trade; is celebrated for its octagonal cathedral (in the middle of which is a stone marking the burial-place of Charlemagne), for treaties of peace in 1668 and 1748, and for a European congress in 1818.

Population (circa 1900) given as 103,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)