Ruhr Area

Ruhr Area
an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; the largest urban agglomeration in Germany.

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  • Ruhr Area — The Ruhr Area, (German Ruhrgebiet , colloquial Ruhrpott , Kohlenpott or Revier ) is an urban area in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large formerly industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to… …   Wikipedia

  • Ruhr — Infobox River | river name = Ruhr caption = The Ruhr in Essen Kettwig. origin = Sauerland mouth = Rhine basin countries = Germany length = 217 km elevation = 674 m discharge = 79 m³/s watershed = 4,485 km²The Ruhr is a medium size river in… …   Wikipedia

  • Ruhr Red Army — Red Ruhr Army was an army of 50 000 left wing workers from the Communist Party of Germany, the Communist Workers Party of Germany, the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, and the Free Workers Union of Germany, formed on March 13 1920… …   Wikipedia

  • Ruhr University Bochum — Infobox University name=Ruhr University Bochum native name=Ruhr Universität Bochum latin name= established=1962 type=Public rector=Prof. Dr. Elmar Weiler faculty=2,425 students=33,685 city = Bochum state = North Rhine Westphalia country = Germany …   Wikipedia

  • Ruhr Pocket — The Ruhr Pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in late March and early April 1945, near the end of World War II, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. It was, for all intents and purposes, the final dagger in Nazi Germany s war effort, as… …   Wikipedia

  • Área metropolitana de Berlín — con el llamado Anillo de Berlín, una vía de circunvalación El área metropolitana de Berlín consiste en la ciudad propiamente dicha enmarcada entre los límites del estado federado homónimo y por numerosas localidades colindantes que pertenecen al… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ruhr — /roor/, n. 1. a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 mi. (232 km) long. 2. a mining and industrial region centered in the valley of the Ruhr River. * * * ▪ river and region, Germany       river and major industrial region… …   Universalium

  • Area bombing directive — Main articles: Strategic bombing during World War II, Aerial bombing of cities, and RAF Bomber Command#Strategic bombing 1942 45 An elderly woman in front of the bodies of school children in Braunschweig, G …   Wikipedia

  • Area codes in Germany — see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. Area codes in Germany (German Vorwahl ) have two to five digits, not counting the leading zero. The leading zero must be dialed when calling… …   Wikipedia

  • Ruhr — noun 1. a tributary of the Rhine • Syn: ↑Ruhr River • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river • Part Holonyms: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG …   Useful english dictionary

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