Oberhausen
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| Oberhausen | |
| Centr.O Park in Oberhausen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
| Administration | |
| Country | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
|---|---|
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Urban district |
| Lord Mayor | Klaus Wehling (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 77.04 km² (29.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Population | 218,898 (31/12/2005)[1] |
| - Density | 2,841 /km² (7,359 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | OB |
| Postal codes | 46001-46149 |
| Area code | 0208 |
| Website | www.oberhausen.de |
Oberhausen (IPA: [ˈoːbɐhaʊzən]) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area, 35 km to the north of Düsseldorf. Population: 218,898 (31.12.2005).
The city is a result of economic growth in the 19th century. It was but a rural area until about 1860, when coal mines were opened and the production of steel began to turn large areas of today's city into a huge industrial complex. Several villages merged in 1862 to make up a new town. In 1929 the nearby towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld were incorporated.
Oberhausen is a typical city of the Ruhr area, which had been growing around industries.
Today the city is trying to revive itself. In the 1990s a huge shopping mall, CentrO was built on an abandoned steel works site. The "Gasometer" (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage) is reused as an exhibition hall. The former zink metallurgy company Altenberg is reused as the Rheinische Industrie Museum (Industrial Museum of the Rhineland) showing the history of the metallurgy. There are also an international award festival for short films and since the early 1920th a theatre. Many of the main buildings, as e.g. the main station and the city hall are typical for the style of the 1920th.
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[edit] Sister Cities
- Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg - Middlesbrough (United Kingdom), since 1974
- Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg - Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine), since 1986
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg - Freital (Saxony/Germany), since 1990
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg - Iglesias (Sardinia/Italy), since 2002
- Image:Flag of Italy.svg - Carbonia (Sardinia/Italy), since 2002
- Image:Flag of Turkey.svg - Mersin (Turkey), since 2004
[edit] Gallery
Oberhausen bahnhof1.JPG
Main Station |
Gasometer Oberhausen aussen.jpg
Gasometer |
Schloss Oberhausen-vom Gasometer.jpg
Castle 'Schloss Oberhausen' as seen from the Gasometer |
Zeche Osterfeld-Paul-Reusch-Schacht.jpg
Old Mining Company 'Zeche Osterfeld' |
Rheinisches Industriemuseum.jpg
Industrial museum "Rheinisches Industriemuseum" (zinc metallurgy Altenberg) |
[edit] External links
- Ludwiggalerie in the Castle Oberhausen (de)
- City of Oberhausen (de)
- Gasometer (de)
[edit] References
Image:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia (state).svg Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg | ||
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| Urban districts | Aachen · Bielefeld · Bochum · Bonn · Bottrop · Dortmund · Duisburg · Düsseldorf · Essen · Gelsenkirchen · Hagen · Hamm · Herne · Köln (Cologne) · Krefeld · Leverkusen · Mönchengladbach · Mülheim · Münster · Oberhausen · Remscheid · Solingen · Wuppertal | Image:Deutschland Lage von Nordrhein-Westfalen.svg |
| Rural Districts | Aachen · Borken · Coesfeld · Düren · Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis · Euskirchen · Gütersloh · Heinsberg · Herford · Hochsauerland · Höxter · Kleve (Cleves) · Lippe · Märkischer Kreis · Mettmann · Minden-Lübbecke · Oberbergischer Kreis · Olpe · Paderborn · Recklinghausen · Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis · Rhein-Erft-Kreis · Rhein-Kreis Neuss · Rhein-Sieg-Kreis · Siegen-Wittgenstein · Soest · Steinfurt · Unna · Viersen · Warendorf · Wesel | |
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