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Ruhr Metropolitan Region

Metropolregion Ruhr
map of the Ruhr metropolitan region within Germany
map of the Ruhr metropolitan region within Germany
Country  Germany
State  North Rhine-Westphalia
Largest Cities Dortmund
Essen
Duisburg
Bochum
Government
 • Body Regionalverband Ruhr
Area
 • Metro
4,435 km2 (1,712 sq mi)
Highest elevation
441 m (1,447 ft)
Lowest elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 • Metro
5,172,745
 • Metro density 1,646/km2 (4,260/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
GRP 2007
Nominal € 136.3 billion
Website www.metropoleruhr.de

The Ruhr Area (German: Ruhrgebiet) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Many of the cities in the Ruhrgebiet used to have a lot of heavy industry.

The Ruhr Area is bordered by the rivers Ruhr River to the south, Rhine River to the west, and Lippe to the north. Southwest it borders the Bergisches Land.

The area has about 5.3 million inhabitants, and is part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area of more than 12 million people.

The Ruhr Area consists of the cities of Duisburg, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Herne, Hamm, Hagen and Dortmund and the rural districts of Wesel, Recklinghausen, Unna and Ennepe-Ruhr

Culture

The city of Essen in the Ruhr area was selected as European Capital of Culture for 2010 by the Council of the European Union.

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  • French Directorate for Economic Affairs, Memorandum on the separation of the German industrial regions, 8 September 1945.
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  • Royal Jae Schmidt. Versailles and the Ruhr: Seedbed of World War II (1968)
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Images for kids

  • Ruhr area-map

    Map of the Ruhr area; in Green is a stricter or narrower definition of the Ruhr, comprising municipalities that are members of the Ruhr regional institution

  • Alte Markt Dortmund

    Gamete of Dortmund, old market square with St. Reinold's Church

  • Zeche Zollverein abends

    Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001

  • Dortmund Zollern IMGP0620

    Zeche Zollern in Dortmund

  • Innenhafen Duisburg

    View of the redeveloped Duisburg Inner Harbour in 2010

  • Dortmund Panorama

    Dortmund is the largest city of the Ruhr

  • Essen-Panorama

    Essen is the second largest city of the Ruhr

  • Dortmund Oper Kaufmann

    Opera Dortmund

  • Grillo-Theater-2012

    Grillo-Theater Essen

  • Dortmunder Unionbrauerei

    Ostwall Museum at U-Tower Dortmund

  • Mathetower TU Dortmund

    Dortmund University's Mathetower

  • I-Gebaeude-RUB

    Ruhr University

  • FH-Design-Dortmu 2190

    Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

  • Essen Kloster Werden Innenhof 2 2005

    Main building of the Folkwang University in Essen-Werden

  • Ruhrtalbruecke-Sonnenuntergang

    Bundesautobahn 52 in Mülheim

  • Schnettkerbruecke West

    A40 in Dortmund

  • Flughafen Dortmund

    Located in the East of the Ruhr is Dortmund Airport

See also

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