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	Ruhgebiet.de - Dortmund / Ruhr Area
		The Ruhr Area, also called simply Ruhr, (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large (former) industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north.
		The Ruhr area is often mistakenly perceived as a single city because many maps do not show the boundaries between the individual cities.
		Located in the heart of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet), Dortmund, along with neighbouring cities, was a target of allied bombing raids.
	www.ruhgebiet.de /en_dortmund.php (942 words)

	Ruhr Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquially Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large (former) industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north.
		The Morgenthau Plan had set the tone in 1944 by requiring the entire area to be stripped of all mining and manufacturing industry, and its industrial worker population to be dispersed as widely as possible.
		In 2006 the city of Essen representing the whole Ruhr Area was recommended by an independent jury to be European Capital of Culture 2010 which was regarded as a big step in the structural change since the fade away of coal and steel industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ruhr_Area (888 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Ruhr Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It spreads from the Ruhr area megalopolis in the north to the urban areas of the cities of DÃ¼sseldorf, Wuppertal, and Cologne in...
		The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquially Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north.
		It spreads from the Ruhr area megalopolis in the north to the urban areas of the cities of DÃ¼sseldorf, Wuppertal, and...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ruhr-Area (2464 words)

	Rhine-Ruhr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rhine-Ruhr Area in Germany, ranks among the large metropolitan areas in the world, estimated at about 12 to 14 million people - 1,699/km².
		It spreads from the Ruhr area megalopolis in the north to the urban areas of the cities of Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, and Cologne in the south.
		There are many different definitions of what belongs to the Rhine-Ruhr area: As a result of suburban sprawl, today some people include 130 towns and cities and say the most northern town of Rhine-Ruhr would be Dülmen, the most eastern Soest, the most southern Bad Honnef, and the most western Venlo in the Netherlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhine-Ruhr (166 words)

	Ruhr Area: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ruhr Area (German (German: A person of German nationality) Ruhrgebiet or, colloquially, Ruhrpott) is a metropolitan area (metropolitan area: a metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent...
		The area, with some 5.3 million people, is considered part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr: the rhine-ruhr area in germany is in its biggest definition one of the largest metropolitan...
		Going from west to east, the area includes the city boroughs of Duisburg (Duisburg: duisburg is a german city in the western part of the ruhr area (ruhrgebiet) in north...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/ruhr_area (868 words)

	Industrial Photography Archive
		Rhine Area Lignite-industry in the area between Aachen and Cologne
		Ruhr Area deep mining on hard coal in the Ruhr area
		Collieries in the Ruhr Area A selection of coal mines in the Ruhr area
	www.hfinster.de /StahlArt2/archive-en.html (670 words)

	Ruhr Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet or colloquially Ruhrpott) is a metropolitan area in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany consisting of a number of large cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south Rhine to the west and Lippe to the north.
		The cities of the area have into a large complex forming an industrial of unique size inhabited by some 9 people the fourth largest urban area in Europe after Moscow Greater London and Paris.
		The proverbial air and pollution of the area are largely a of the past.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ruhr_area (607 words)

	Ruhr Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet or,colloquially, Ruhrpott) is a metropolitan area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north.
		The cities of the area have grown into a large complex forming an industriallandscape of unique size, inhabited by circa 9 million people, the third largest urban area in Europe after Greater London and Paris.
		In the 19th century Ruhr area pulled over 1 million Poles from East Prussia and Silesia due to process called Ostflucht.Almost all of their descendants today speak German only and consider themselves Germans, with only their Polish family namesremaining as a sign of their past.
	www.therfcc.org /ruhr-area-25609.html (336 words)

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		The whole of the Ruhr area is facing a process of structural changes in all areas of life.
		Vision for the Ruhr Image of the Ruhr Required changes Politics Urban green Infrastructure Life quality Criteria for a good housing area Former industrial areas Public-private partnerships The headings should be seen as stakeholder statements, which reflect their thoughts and ideas about the present and future Ruhr.
		It was criticised for the word Pott“ stands for the old industrial area of the Ruhr Area and does not represent the massive structural changes the area has undergone in its recent past.
	www.vito.be /bugs/Deliverables/Arbejdsrapport.doc (21516 words)

	Ruhr Valley (Ruhrpott) - Region - Ruhr Area, Germany
		Ruhr valley is famous for its industrial history, originally based on coal mining and steel production and now benefiting from its industrial mix of energy production, environmental technologies and modern service industries.
		Most coal mines in the Ruhr Valley were shut down and the number of jobs was halved.
		In 1856 the mysterious remains of a dead man were found while mining in a rather unknown valley in the Ruhr region called 'Neandertal'.
	www.about-germany.org /regions/ruhrpott.php (308 words)

	Ruhr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) having its source at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous region of the Sauerland and flowing into the lower Rhine river at an elevation of only 56 feet in the municipal area of Duisburg.
		Then the river marks the southern limit of the Ruhr area, passing Hagen, Dortmund, Herdecke, Wetter (Ruhr), Witten, Bochum, Hattingen, Essen, Mülheim and Duisburg.
		The Ruhr crosses five artificial lakes on its way to the Rhine, which are largely frequented for leisure activities, e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ruhr (289 words)

	Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr - The new Mülheim
		Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr - The new Mülheim
		For centuries the Ruhr was also a vital economic artery: On the banks and in the valleys of the streams were the mills which gave the town its name.
		It is almost taken for granted that many of the restaurants and cafés along the Ruhr that invite walkers to stop and have a breather were popular with the Mölmschen´s great-grandparents ("Mölmsche" is what the people of Mülheim call themselves in their dialect).
	www.muelheim-ruhr.de /554f10ed6b44343dd82e215365ea69fb.html (1770 words)

	View of the Ruhr-Universität (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		From the very beginning the Ruhr-Universität of Bochum has striven to fulfil the educational objective which arises from the choice of its location in a large industrial area, and which implies that the universität should be accessible to a wide range of the population.
		The cooperation contract with the metalworkers' union shows that the university is increasingly interested in dealing scientifically with problems connected with the living conditions of workers and employees, the conditions at their work place and their position within their firms.
		The practical training of medical students directly in the hospitals of the area, the so-called 'Bochum model-scheme': is unique in the Federal Republic of Germany.
	www.esr.ruhr-uni-bochum.de /esr/rubview.html (382 words)

	Ruhr_Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The '''Ruhr Area''' (German ''Ruhrgebiet'' or, colloquially, ''Ruhrpott'') is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north.
		In January 1923 French forces occupied the Ruhr area as a means of reprisal after Germany had in fact been incapable of fulfilling excessive reparation payments demanded from her after World War I.
		It is rather a sociolect with influences from the various dialects to be found in the area.
	goc.subdomain.de /Ruhr_Area (601 words)

	Project "Information and communication technologies for the climate for innovation in the Ruhr Area"
		The Project International comparison of structural changes in the Ruhr area aims to show possibilities of development for the Ruhr area in the fields of: economic promotion, regional site marketing, qualified services, the significance of information and communication technologies on the innovative climate, and questions of education, training and qualification.
		In cooperation with the universities in the Ruhr area, 31 graduate and PhD students are given scholarships to develop recommendations for the Ruhr area.
		Finally, appropriate recommendations are being given: Utilizing synergies by a joint use of telelearning and teleworking, implementation of a telelearnig forum in the ruhr area, and adoption of education to the requirements of IC-Technologies.
	ict.fernuni-hagen.de /welcome-eng.html (1764 words)

	Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr - The Economy
		Then, with the industrialization of the Ruhr area, Mülheim became the transfer point for coal from the entire region and the leading shipping center on the river Ruhr.
		In the 1960s Mülheim was badly affected by the structural crisis in the Ruhr area.
		The repurchase and development of a large area of industrial reserve land in Mülheim's Rhein-Ruhr harbour contributed to this as well as the transforming of the derelict land of closed collieries.
	www.muelheim-ruhr.de /the_economy1.html (325 words)

	Mining Technology - Deutsche Steinkohle (DSK) Coal Mine - Ruhr Saar Ibbenburen - Germany
		Hard coal mining in Germany, centred on the Ruhr, Saar and Ibbenbüren coalfields, was amalgamated into Deutsche Steinkohle AG (DSK) at the beginning of 1999.
		The formation of DSK was largely dependent on agreement for the continuation of state subsidies until 2005, the annual payment reducing from $4.9 billion in 1998 to $2.9 billion by 2005.
		Of the 25.7Mt produced in German hard-coal mines in 2004, 17.8Mt came from the Ruhr, 6.0Mt from the Saar and 1.9Mt from Ibbenbüren.
	www.mining-technology.com /projects/germany (961 words)

	Ruhr Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Essen, the second-largest city in Germany's former coal and steel Ruhr area, beat fellow German competitor Goerlitz by a wafer-thin margin, Isaacs said.
		The Ruhr region is Europe's third-largest urban area, with a population of 5.3 million, including a total of 140 nationalities.
		The cities of the area have grown into a large complex forming an industrial landscape of unique size, inhabited by circa 9 million people, the third largest urban area in Europe after Greater London and Paris.
	www.wikiverse.org /ruhr-area (477 words)

	Villa Hügel Essen
		The Kulturstiftung Ruhr continued this tradition with the exhibition cycle "European capitals" which it launched in 1986 featuring cities which at their peak were of the highest cultural and artistic importance for the entire European continent, leaving a lasting imprint on its intellectual life.
		The tasks of the Kulturstiftung Ruhr as laid down in its articles also include the staging of art, cultural and industrial exhibitions relating to the Ruhr district or its history as a whole.
		The Kulturstiftung Ruhr sees its remit as extending beyond the themes already mentioned to the promotion and advancement of the visual arts, music, drama, literature and activities in the field of cultural and industrial history.
	www.villahuegel.de /english/trust.htm (868 words)

	ipedia.com: Ruhr Area Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ruhr Area is a metropolitan area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the...
		The area, with some 9 million people, is considered part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolis of more than 12 million people.
		The cities of the area have grown into a large complex forming an industrial landscape of unique size, inhabited by some 9 million people, the fourth largest urban area in Europe after Moscow, Greater London, and Paris.
	www.ipedia.com /ruhr_area.html (420 words)

	RESCUE - REGENERATION OF EUROPEAN SITES IN CITIES AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
		Framed by the rivers Ruhr to the south and Rhine to the west, the region stretches over 116 km from east to west and 67 km from north to south.
		The Ruhr is not an administrative body as there is no boundary which precisely defines the region.
		Today the term "Ruhrgebiet" is generally associated with the boundaries of the KVR (Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet) which has been a planning institution for the Ruhr Area in former times and is now responsible for the promotion of regional initiatives and the development of regional statistics and analyses.
	www.rescue-europe.com /html/germany.html (1123 words)

	Ruhr area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquially Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large (former) industrial cities bordered by the...
		The Ruhr area has thus retained its characteristic regional identity while developing a new international face influenced by the proximity of neighboring Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, and by...
		Things are looking up for one of the most populated industrial areas in western Europe, thanks to a private initiative known as "Horizon Astronomy in the Ruhr Area".
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Ruhr_area (375 words)

	Ruhr Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		By that date, Germany’s industrial Ruhr area had been surrounded by 2 pincer movements that had encircled more than 300,000 German troops.
		That Allied headquarters sent our lone division into the Ruhr Pocket from the south, and a single British division from the north attests to the fact that the Allies knew that the German army in the Ruhr area was no longer a viable fighting force.
		What comprised the Germany “army” in the Ruhr were a few German boys, ages 12-14, and the other 95% were old men, 65 and beyond, who had been World War I veterans, mostly in civilian clothes.
	www.wtblock.com /wtblockjr/Ruhr_Area.htm (671 words)

	Zentralbibliothek, Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the northern Rhenish Massif and in the Subvariscan Basins (Ruhr Basin, Lower Rhine Area) the temperature, subsidence, and erosion history was analysed for the late Palaeozoic and for the Mesozoic time.
		The presented simulations of the thermal and subsidence history of the study area were calibrated using more than 900 vitrinite reflectance values, including data provided by the industry as weil as own mesurements.
		The eroded thicknesses of Palaeozoic sediments are increasing from 2500 m in the northern and the central Ruhr Basin to over 6000 m in the southern part of the study area (northern Siegen anticline, Osteifel anticline).
	www.fz-juelich.de /zb/text/publikation/xjuel3618.html (987 words)

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