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North Rhine-Westphalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The state is centred on the sprawling Rhine-Ruhr urbanised region, which contains the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Bonn, as well as the Ruhr industrial complex. In 1947 the former state of Lippe was merged with North Rhine-Westphalia, hence leading to the present borders of the state. Originally it consisted of Westphalia and the northern parts of the Rhine Province, both formerly belonging to Prussia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia   (571 words)

Ruhr on Encyclopedia.com The Ruhr's principal cities are, in the west, Duisburg, Mülheim, Essen, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Gladbeck, and Gelsenkirchen; and in the east, Bochum, Dortmund, and the smaller cities of Wattenscheid, Recklinghausen, Herne, and Witten. RUHR [Ruhr], region, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), W Germany; a principal manufacturing center of Germany and formerly known as one of the world's greatest industrial complexes. Ruhrgebiet, the Ruhr region.The man is wearing a sign for peace, disarmament, a United Germany, an atomic free Europe and against facism. www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Ruhr.asp   (1069 words)

The Water Page - Rhine - Main At 1320 kilometers the Rhine is the longest river in Europe. The Rhine is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Rhine-Rhone canal and is joined to the Black Sea by the Rhine-Danube canals. The major cities are all situated on the Rhine or on its larger tributaries and the development of these cities is strongly dependent on water. www.thewaterpage.com /rhine_main.htm   (796 words)

Duesseldorf, Germany Situated on the Rhine River, about 32 km (20 mi) north of Cologne, it is the commercial and cultural center of the greater Ruhr area. First mentioned in 1159, Düsseldorf ("Village on the Düssel," a small tributary of the Rhine) was chartered in 1288 by the count of Berg and was the capital of the duchies of Berg and Jülich from 1511 until it passed to the Palatinate-Neuberg line in 1609. Düsseldorf has three harbours on the Rhine and one of the nation's busiest civil airfields, at Lohausen. members.aol.com /thomagene/Localities/Duesseldorf.html   (420 words)

PM - Oil firm paid kickbacks to Saddam, inquiry told Rhine Ruhr says it paid a 10 per cent service fee that wasn't disclosed to the United Nations and that it probably claimed the fee on tax. The company Rhine Ruhr told the inquiry it knew what it was doing was "unusual", but believed it was just "the system" for doing business in Iraq. Even today Rhine Ruhr maintains it didn't believe it was paying what was characterised in the inquiry as a bribe. www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2006/s1553528.htm   (897 words)

Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Duisburg Duisburg is located in the Lowland Rhine area at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers and at the outskirts of the Bergisches Land. Oberhausen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Ratingen, Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Moers, Rheinberg and Dinslaken World War II A major logistical center in the Ruhr and location of chemical, steel and iron industries, Duisburg was a primary target of Allied bombers. www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Duisburg   (1434 words)

Route of Industrial Heritage The Ruhr Valley is the largest industrial area in Germany and in Europe, where more than five million people live on a area of 4,400 square kilometers. The river Ruhr in the south, the river Lippe in the north and the river Rhein in the west make up the geographic frame of this region. Thanks to its technical sightseeing attractions and its industrial plants still operating as well as its museums, the Ruhr Valley is an attractive destination for tourists. www.germany-tourism.de /e/12626.html   (371 words)

IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein Geographically, the Central Rhine Region is the link between the western Ruhr region around Duisburg, the Düsseldorf-Cologne Rhine area and the Netherlands around Roermond and Venlo. The Central Rhine Region is the "heart" of the small and medium-sized businesses sector: only 400 of these companies have more than 100 employees. There is one thing that won`t change in the Central Rhine Region: the vitality of its population and their commitment to business. www.mittlerer-niederrhein.ihk.de /index_en.html   (538 words)

progedo relocation - städte-info - rhein-ruhr The museums in the Altstadt form what has been christened an "art axis" which runs parallel to the Rhine, making it easy for the city visitor to find the ones he is interested in. While the traffic races along underground, strollers on the Rhine embankment promenade can admire the outlook over the Rhine and the art nouveau facades of Oberkassel. Now that the new Rhine embankment tunnel has diverted the through traffic, the Altstadt has taken back its traditional place by the Rhine. www.progedo.de /english/pages/e_info_07.html   (875 words)

Duisburg Located at the western end of the Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr District), Duisburg possesses the major Rhine docks at Ruhrort through which raw materials, such as iron ore and petroleum are imported. River port and industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers, 20 km/12 mi northwest of Düsseldorf; population (2003 est) 513,400. One of the world's longest span truss bridges, the Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge, stretches 350 m/1,148 ft across the Rhine. www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0024629.html   (176 words)

Nordrhein.html The Ruhr region--one part belonging to the Rhineland, the other belonging to Westphalia-rose to its heights from the middle of the l9th century, when the invention of the steam engine made it possible to excavate coal in far deeper layers than before. Since the military-industrial complex had concentrated in the Ruhr region in both world wars, the region was put under control of the International Ruhr Administration in 1949 with the aim hindering yet another build-up of too great an economical intensity (disbanded in 1953). Here, the Rhine leaves the mountainous scenery behind and bids farewell to the "Siebengebirge", which is crowned by the ruins of Drachenfels Castle. www.fortwaynemaennerchor.us /nordrhein.html   (1443 words)

Rhine Ruhr : Company Profile Rhine Ruhr is structured to support the Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Oil and Gas and Oil Refining Industries throughout Asia and Australasia who demand best practice engineering, reliable service and quality product. Rhine Ruhr has over the past 15 years developed a comprehensive range of World Class Equipment that includes Distillation Trays and both Random and Structured Tower Packing and Internals. In addition, Rhine Ruhr has also become a leading regional supplier of Vane (or Chevron) style Gas-Liquid separators and Liquid-Liquid Coalescers used in the Oil and Gas industry. www.rhineruhr.com.au /companyprofile.asp   (634 words)

North Rhine-Westphalia on Encyclopedia.com It is drained by the Rhine, Ruhr, Wupper, Lippe, and Ems rivers. The state was formed in 1946 through the union of the former Prussian province of Westphalia, the northern part of the former Prussian Rhine Province, and the former state of Lippe. Situated in the lower Rhine plain, North Rhine-Westphalia includes the Teutoburg Forest and the Rothaargebirge. www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NorthR1hi.asp   (953 words)

Goethe-Institut - School and Work - Topics And that in the Rhine and Ruhr region, where the proportion of foreigners is particularly high. Another focal area of education policy in the Rhine and Ruhr region is on improving the quality of lessons. In addition, the large proportion of foreigners living in the Rhine and Ruhr region poses a special challenge. www.goethe.de /kug/buw/sub/thm/en47016.htm   (907 words)

North Rhine-Westphalia --  Encyclopædia Britannica It extends between the Emsland (north), the Teutoburg Forest (east), the Lippe River (south), and the Lower Rhine River and the Dutch-German border (west). The medieval city center of Krefeld is situated 6 miles (10 kilometers) west of the Rhine River. Located in northwestern Germany, mostly on the right bank of the Rhine River, Düsseldorf has been the capital of North Rhine–Westphalia state since World War II. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056217   (837 words)

Duisburg 536,800), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. Rhine: Commerce - Commerce The Rhine was declared free to international navigation in 1868, and in 1919 navigation of... Ruhr - Ruhr, region, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), W Germany; a principal manufacturing center of Germany... www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0816269.html   (313 words)

86th Division History The Blackhawkers’ introduction to combat on the Rhine is symbolized by the three crowns which appear on the unit crest that was worn by all soldiers assigned to the 86 Two weeks later the Ruhr would fall and 317,000 enemy troops would be taken prisoner -- the largest mass surrender of German troops to take place during the war. The Germans were falling back north and south of the Ruhr and the Blackhawkers were chosen to help pursue the enemy into southern Germany. www.86blackhawkdiv.org /History/General/HISTPG3.HTM   (805 words)

Regiorapid for Rhine/Ruhr and Neckar - Abridged Version The magnetic levitation train reduces travel times in relation to today's rail traffic both at Rhine and Ruhr and at the Neckar by approximately one half to two thirds, and in individual cases even by as much as three quarters. Five new application lines are under discussion as a replacement for the abandoned Transrapid project for Berlin - Hamburg; for example, the "Metrorapid" in the Ruhr district. These lines will not only all run through flat landscapes, but they are to be designed for high-speed traffic with speeds of 300 to 450 km/h and, since they will not have any or only very few intermediate stops, they are only intended for long-distance transport. www.vr-transport.de /regiorapid-e/n001.html   (535 words)

Journal of Social History: Migration and Urbanization in the Ruhr Valley, 1821-1914. - Review - book review This city was Duisburg, located near the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. Migration and Urbanization in the Ruhr Valley, 1821-1914. James Jackson, then, has focused on the kind of city that grew most rapidly in the peak period of industrialization on the continent, creating a large, polluted industrial center from a small town whose population grew from about 10,000 to nearly 150,000 in 60 years (1853-1914). www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2005/is_3_33/ai_61372251   (1064 words)

Siemens AG - New "Ruhrpilot" traffic management control center for the Ruhr District of Germany This "Ruhrpilot" project, as it is called, has been given the go-ahead by the state of North Rhine Westphalia. The Ruhrpilot system is to start operating around the beginning of 2006 in the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Essen, Bochum and Hagen. By 2006, when the next Football World Championship takes place, the traffic management control center will be guiding passengers, commuters and people living in the conurbation to their respective destinations within an individually calculable time of travel. www.siemens.com /page/1,3771,1197971-1-999_0_0-0,00.html   (697 words)

Battle of the Ruhr - Introduction In World War II, the Rhineland and the Ruhr area were primary targets of the Western Allies' air forces. www.hco.hagen.de /ruhr/uk/uk-1.htm   (513 words)

duisport The structural crisis of the coal, iron and steel industries in the Rhine and Ruhr areas is discussed at the Ruhr Conference held at the offices of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on 28 February. Upon a resolution passed by the Ruhrort Council, a silted Ruhr bend is dredged to develop a port basin. On 1 October, the Ruhr Fiscal Authority and the City of Duisburg establish the "Verwaltung der Duisburger Häfen" joint venture. www.duisport.com /english/texte/02/02_4.htm   (2609 words)

Battle of the Ruhr - Repercussions Gerhard E. Sollbach of the Department of History at the University in Dortmund and Ralf Blank from the Center of History in Hagen, are preparing a text and photo documentation on the Allied air war against the Rhine-Ruhr region in World War II. Despite improved guns and a strengthening of the air defence system in the Rhine-Ruhr region, in the >Battle of the Ruhr< the success of flak batteries compared to the operational strength of the Bomber Command was very small. Based on extensive research in the municipal archives of the towns and cities in the Rhine-Ruhr region, in public record collections and military archives in Germany, Britain an the U.S., and using official documents as well as private materials of different kinds, Prof. www.hco.hagen.de /ruhr/uk/uk-3.htm   (422 words)

Willkommen beim Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet: Rhine-Ruhr International Materials Conference 2005 The initiator of the materials award and conference is the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet, a task force representing 58 companies on the rivers Rhine and Ruhr with both national and international operations. The aim of this project includes the establishment of a network of skills from materials science and industry with a view also to injecting crucial new international impetus into the strong materials region on the Rhine and the Ruhr. As ambassador of the Ruhr area, the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet has for 15 years been initiating projects in industry, science and culture that serve as unique selling propositions for the region and promote a strong Ruhr area in the context of Europe. www.i-r.de /freesite/index.php?id=280   (229 words)

Untitled Document The Rhine Ruhr region is a polycentric urban agglomeration of about the same size as greater Los Angeles (60 miles by 60 miles) and a population of about 12 million in the state of Northrhine Westphalia. It comprises thriving cities as Bonn, Colgne, Düsseldorf along the Rhine River, and Duisberg, Essen, Bochum, and Dortmund in the Ruhr, cities which are undergoing considerable structural change. The Los Angeles area has been called a "fragmented metropolis," (Fogelson, 1993) because of its highly differentiated political space consigned to five counties, 184 municipalities, and hundreds of special districts and agencies. www.usc.edu /schools/sppd/dortmund/main_right.htm   (1466 words)

UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Germany > Düsseldorf Stadtbahn Extending on both sides of the river Rhine, Düsseldorf was included in the general 1970 Stadtbahn network designed for the Rhine-Ruhr area. Düsseldorf has 570,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the German Bundesland North-Rhine Westphalia. the central trunk route also splits into two branches, one crosses the river Rhine on the Oberkassel Bridge towards Neuss and Krefeld, and the other one continues underground to www.urbanrail.net /eu/vrr/duesseldorf.htm   (318 words)

Regiorapid for Rhine/Ruhr and Neckar - Transrapid: Transportation Means for Regional, Instead of Long-distance Traffic The "low noise" advantage can only be demonstrated in the case of the aforementioned demonstration track in the Ruhr district on which the Transrapid trains are only supposed to reach a maximum speed of 300 km/h (185 mph). www.vr-transport.de /regiorapid-e/n005.html   (1069 words)

"Deutschland" Online Of the 29 coking plants on the Rhine and Ruhr rivers in the late 1970s, only one now remains at the end of the century. Düsseldorf is the state capital with, on its best side, the Rhine promenade and the silhouette of the banks and office buildings, the elegant promenade and shopping street Königsallee, referred to as the “Kö”, the fairs, congresses and exhibitions. A British military government decree dated August 23, 1946 brought about the union of the northern part of the once Prussian Rhine province and the equally Prussian province of Westphalia, to which the little state of Lippe-Detmold was added six months later. www.magazine-deutschland.de /bland/NRW_1-05_ENG_E1.php?lang=eng   (1316 words)

Electrical and Computer Engineering in Kaiserslautern, Germany - MSU Office of Study Abroad The extensive modernized network of highways, rail connections, and major waterways, as well as the state's proximity to three economically powerful centers - the Rhine-Main, Rhine-Neckar and Rhine-Ruhr regions - has created optimal framework conditions for its development into one of Germany's most dynamic regions. Rheinland-Pfalz is also one of the most beautiful landscapes in Germany - dotted with castles and immersed in legend - the Rhine Valley has been praised by countless poets, painters and musicians. The other tributaries of the Rhine - the Nahe, Lahn and Ahr rivers - are likewise very scenic regions. studyabroad.msu.edu /programs/gereleccomk.html   (1530 words)

Germany Needs 10 Million New Productive Jobs! by Helga Zepp-LaRouche Sixty years ago, when we set out to rebuild Germany out of the rubble, it was the workers of the Rhine and Ruhr who played a key role in turning the Ruhr into the world's most productive economic region, and into the main engine of the German economy. And so, if municipalities, such as in the Ruhr region, invested in the revitalization of their infrastructure, that alone could create at least half a million new jobs, and could become an economic stimulus for the public and private sector. For many years now, the BüSo has been proposing that Europe's industrial centers—which, of course, includes the Ruhr region—be connected up with Asia's populous nations via the Eurasian Land-Bridge. www.larouchepub.com /hzl/2005/3207germany_jobs.html   (1940 words)

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