History
In 1966 the faculty of medicine at the RWTH Aachen was founded. Automatically the municipal hospitals in Aachen became university hospitals, but soon it was realised that they were too small.
In 1972 the constructions of the Klinikum Aachen began. Ten years later the first rooms could be used by the faculty. The rest of the building was finished section by section. The constructions were delayed due to problems with too soft ground material that could not sustain the whole building.
The official opening was celebrated in 1985. Its original name was "Neues Klinikum" (New Klinikum) because there was already a hospital called "Klinikum" in Aachen. That doesn't exist anymore, so it was renamed.
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