Bochum
Sign in to saveBochum (, ; ; ; ) 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
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Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 372,000, making it the sixth-largest city in the state and the 16th-largest in the country. Located in the Ruhr region between two rivers, it serves as a major urban center in one of Germany's most populous and industrially important areas.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- City
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Bochum COA.svg
- German place.image_flag
- DEU Bochum Flag.svg
- German place.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German place.region
- Arnsberg
- German place.district
- urban
- German place.area
- 145.4
- German place.pop_metro
- 5,166,484
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05911000
- German place.postal_code
- 44701-44894
- German place.area_code
- 0234, 02327
- German place.licence
- BO, WAT
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44 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Geographical position
- Geology
- Waterways
- Vegetation
- Climate
- Districts
- Politics
- Mayor
- City council
- History
- Ruhr occupation
- The Nazi era and World War II
- Post-war period
- Places of interest
- Architecture
- Religious architecture
- Parks and gardens
- Society and culture
- Leisure and entertainment
- Bermudadreieck
- Annual events
- Museums
- Art galleries
- Public art
- Music
- Sports
- Located companies
- Transport
- Roads
- Railways
- Bus, tram, underground
- Waterways
- Air
- Education
- Higher education
- Elementary and secondary schools
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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 largest urban area, in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, and belongs to the region of Arnsberg. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Ruhr University Bochum (), one of the ten largest universities in Germany, and the Bochum University of Applied Sciences ().
==Geography==