Burtscheid
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For Burtscheid in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, see Burtscheid, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Burtscheid (Latin language: Porcetum) is a town in northern Germany, near Aachen. It was founded in the year 997 AD and was an independent town till 1897. From 1816 it was administrative capital of the district of Aachen. Then it became a part of town of Aachen, part of the Aachen-Mitte Stadtbezirk.
Inhabited since ancient times by Celts and Romans, who were attracted by the presence of hot springs. Burtscheid Abbey was founded here in 997 by emperor Otto III, and finished in 1016-1018.
Burtscheid is today a health resort.
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