Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Rhenish-Westfalian Technical University in Aachen

  • The Klinikum Aachen

    Joerg AlbrechtChicago, Illinois, United States The Klinikum of the Rhenish-Westfalian Technical University in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) evokes reactions in everyone who sees it. As seen from the nearby rolling pastures of the Dutch border, its towers abruptly obstruct  the countryside like a beached aircraft carrier. Even closer, viewed against an adjacent medium-size concrete city block, the…