Hürtgenwald
Hürtgenwald is a municipality in the district of Düren in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Düren. Much of the area is covered by forest.
[Image:Hürtgenwald Town Hall.jpg|thumb|left|The town hall of Hürtgenwald, located in the village of Kleinhau]
Hürtgenwald is composed of the villages Bergstein, Brandenberg, Gey, Großhau, Horm, Hürtgen, Kleinhau, Raffelsbrand, Schafberg, Simonskall, Strass, Vossenack and Zerkall. Kleinhau with the town hall is not only the administrational center of the community, but has become the commercial center as well.
Image:Hürtgenwald [Burgberg from Brandenberg.jpg|thumb|left|A landmark: the Burgberg ("Castle Hill") near Bergstein]
In World War II, Hürtgenwald was the theater of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, a major battle. Two large war graves are places to commemorate those who fell.
Nowadays, the pleasing landscape of forested hills, lakes and rivers attracts a lot of people from nearby densely populated areas, e.g. from the Cologne area and the Ruhr Area, for recreational reasons.
[Image:Hürtgenwald Landscape near Kleinhau.jpg|thumb|left|View over the landscape, looking from northeast of Kleinhau towards Brandenberg]