Ruhr Area
Sign in to saveThe 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
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The Ruhr Area is a densely populated urban region in western Germany with over 5 million residents, making it the largest urban area in Germany and third largest in the European Union. Historically a major industrial center, it consists of several large cities and remains economically and strategically important to Europe.
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36 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Industrial revolution
- Weimar Republic
- Nazi period
- Postwar period
- Climate
- Demographics
- Culture
- Education
- Universities
- UA Ruhr
- Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Bochum
- Bottrop
- Dortmund
- Duisburg
- Essen
- Gelsenkirchen
- Hagen
- Hamm
- Kamp-Lintfort
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Recklinghausen
- Unna
- Transport
- Public transport
- Road transport
- Air transport
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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, which is the third largest in Western Europe, behind only London and Paris.
The Ruhr cities are, from west to east: Duisburg, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Herne, Witten, Hagen, Dortmund, Hamm and the districts of Wesel, Recklinghausen, Unna and Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. The most populous cities are Dortmund (with a population of approximately 612,065), Essen (about 583,000) and Duisburg (about 497,000).