Ruhr

Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state, and the 16th-largest city in Germany. On the Ruhr Heights () hill chain, between the rivers Ruhr to the south and Emscher to the north (tributaries of the Rhine), it is the second largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund, and the fourth largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. It lies at the centre of the Ruhr, Germany's larg

The Ruhr area ( ; , also Ruhrpott ), also referred to as the Ruhr District, Ruhr Region, or Ruhr Valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 1,160/km2 and a population of over 5 million (2017), it is the largest urban area in Germany and the third of the European Union. It consists of several large cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. In the southwest it borders the Bergisches Land. It is considered part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of more than 10 million people, whi

conflict

The Revierderby () is the name given to any association football match between two clubs in the Ruhr region – also known in German as the '', a contraction of Bergbaurevier'' (mining area) – in North Rhine-Westphalia, but in most cases it refers to the derby between two most historically successful clubs from the region: Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04. Outside Germany, it is often referred to as the Ruhr derby.

villa in Essen, Germany

organization

castle in Germany

network of tourist attractions in and around the Ruhr Area, Germany

transit district in the Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany

railway line

thumb|right|Ruhr region thumb|right|Essen representing the Ruhr as Ruhr.2010

Low German dialect

railway line running from Düsseldorf-Rath to Warburg

museum in Germany

railway line in Germany

sculpture erected in Duisburg-Neuenkamp in 1992

.ruhr is a geographic top-level domain for the Ruhr area in Germany in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It launched in November of 2013.

thumb|240px|Area where Ruhr German is spoken in Germany.