Gelsenkirchen
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Gelsenkirchen is a city in western Germany's Ruhr region that developed around coal mining and industry. It is notable as a former industrial center whose landscape was shaped by mining operations that employed many workers and defined the area's character.
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Key facts
- German location.name
- Gelsenkirchen
- German location.type
- City
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Gelsenkirchen COA.svg
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Gelsenkirchen.svg
- German location.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.region
- Münster
- German location.district
- Kreisfreie Stadt
- German location.elevation
- 60
- German location.area
- 104.84
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05513000
- German location.postal_code
- 45801-45899
- German location.area_code
- 0209
Article
29 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient and medieval times
- Industrialisation
- Independent city
- Nazi Germany
- After the war
- Jewish history
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Nazi Germany
- The Gelsenkirchen transport
- After World War II
- Sites
- Climate
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transport
- Media
- Education and science
- Politics
- Mayor
- City council
- Culture
- Sport
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Municipal forest of Buer (Buerscher Stadtwald) thumb|A former mining settlement
Gelsenkirchen (, ; ; ) is a city in the Münster region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With 262,528 inhabitants as of 2016, it is the 25th-most populous city of the country, and the 11th-most populous in the state.