Petergensfeld
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Petergensfeld is a district of the Belgian municipality of Raeren in the German-speaking community. It is located directly on the German-Belgian border and represents the western continuation of the German village Roetgen. Petergensfeld is located around 18 kilometers southeast of Aachen on the northeastern edge of the High Fens on the river Weser.In addition to the standard German taught in school and used in the community, the traditional regional "Platt" is a Ripuarian dialect.
Petergensfeld is a village in the municipality of Raeren, situated in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Geographically, it lies at approximately 50.648° latitude and 6.179° longitude.[1]
The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 156 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stausee Eupen - Vesderstuwdam (1.1 km2 at a distance of 4.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).
The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.3 km. The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 16.3 km (direction NorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 84%, low mountains: 16%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated.The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.The district is adjacent to the German village of Roetgen.
Nearest 5 places:
1 Roetgen 1.2 km East
2 Schossent 3.7 km NorthWest
3 Roetgen:Rott 4.4 km NorthNorthEast
4 Aachen:Schmithof 4.7 km North
5 Neudorf 5 km WestNorthWest
Nearest 3 capitals:
1 Luxembourg, Luxembourg 116 km South
2 Brussels, Belgium 131 km WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam, Netherlands 212 km NorthNorthWest [2]