Day trip Jülich

Last Friday, the 22nd, I traveled to Jülich after my seminar in Köln was over. I had planned on renting a car, since I needed it the following day to help my friend out and coordinate driving for her Ladies Shred Day Event, so I used that fact to my advantage and rented a day earlier, saving myself money in the process because I didn't have to pay for my train ticket back to Frankfurt.

Jülich is only about 30 minutes to the West of Köln (Cologne). The town, nestled in the southern part of the Ruhr Gebied is only a few kilomenters from Aachen, formerly known as Aix-La-Chapelle and the former capital of Gual home to Charlemagne. Therefore, Jülich, also earlier known as Juliachum is a very, and I mean very, old place.

It was a Roman outpost back during the Roman Empire, and it had aquaducts and other modernities that other Roman cities had. In fact, Jülich was one of the most Northern outposts for the Roman Empire.

Enough with history lesson now, I travelled to Jülich to see if I could somehow manage to speak to someone in regards to familynames which bear the name of the town. Unfortunately the city hall, musuem, and tourist information were all closed. However, I was able to go to the library, and there are a whole bunch of books about the history and people from Jülich. I spent some time there, and I even found a book written by a Peter R. Gulicher (some variations of the name are spelled with a G) about all the different J(G)ulicher clans.

Here are some photos of my adventure.

Paper Factory (Dad! Did you work here?)