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Originally Posted by Horst Weber
Good afternoon Rod !
What's About Priesterrath?. This village was located just one km south of Jüchem, which is about 12 km south of Mönchengladbach. Unfortunately, the village disappeared due to the open-cast dignite mining in the area (Tagebau Garzweiler, Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier) in the 1980ies.
So you can't find it on present maps. But in the area are a lot of villages, ending with .rath.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes
Horst Weber
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Some corrections. The village's name is
Priesterath and is located 1 km south of
Jüchen. It disappeared completely in 1997 from the surface by open-cast lignite mining.
Horst Weber