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As part of the restructuring of the communities surrounding Aachen, Laurensberg was incorporated into Aachen on 1 January 1972. In the decades following Aachen’s annexation of
Laurensberg, the population of the community has drastically increased, growing from 9,978 residents in 1970 to 20,436 by
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of a patrician Aachen-area family, which was refashioned in the 18th century by the businessman
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