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  2. Jan 15, 2025Ruhr, major industrial region along the course of the Ruhr River, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. The river, an important tributary of the lower Rhine , rises on the north side of Winterberg and flows 146 miles (235 km) west past Witten (the head of navigation), Essen , and Mülheim to enter the Rhine between Ruhrort and ...
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  3. Dec 1, 2024North Rhine-Westphalia, Land (state) of western Germany.It is bordered by the states of Lower Saxony to the north and northeast, Hessen to the east, and Rhineland-Palatinate to the south and by the countries of Belgium to the southwest and the Netherlands to the west. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia was created in 1946 through the amalgamation of the former Prussian province of ...
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  4. Hagen, city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany.It lies south of Dortmund, at the confluence of the Ennepe and Volme rivers just south of the Ruhr.Hagen is situated on the eastern edge of the industrial Ruhr district and is bordered to the south by the Sauerland, a mountainous area of forests and lakes.First mentioned in the 8th century, it continued as an agricultural ...
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  5. This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in Germany, ordered alphabetically by state. (See also city and urban This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in Germany, ordered alphabetically by state. ... North Rhine-Westphalia. Rhineland-Palatinate. Saarland. Saxony. Saxony-Anhalt. Schleswig ...
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  6. Bonn, city, Köln Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), Germany. The city is located on the Rhine River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Cologne. From 1949 to 1990 it was the provisional capital of West Germany, and it served as the seat of the German
  7. Münsterland, lowland region, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany.It extends between the Emsland (north), the Teutoburg Forest (east), the Lippe River (south), and the Lower Rhine River and the Dutch-German border (west). The region was the territory ruled by the bishops of Münster (until 1803). It is predominantly agricultural, and, with the exception of Münster in ...
  8. Mönchengladbach, city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany.It lies near the border with the Netherlands, west of Düsseldorf.It developed around a Benedictine monastery (founded in 972, suppressed in 1802), from which the name Mönchengladbach ("Monks' Gladbach") is derived, and it was chartered in 1336. For a brief period (1929-33) it united with Rheydt ...
  9. Bergisches Land, region, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany, along the east bank of the Rhine River, between the Sieg River south of Cologne and the Ruhr River near Duisburg, merging into the Sauerland, a hilly region to the east. The Bergisches Land extends over the area that was
  10. Recklinghausen, city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany.The city is situated on the northern edge of the Ruhr industrial region, north of Essen, and has port facilities on the Rhine-Herne Canal.Originally a Saxon settlement that became an imperial town under Charlemagne, it passed to the archbishops of Cologne in 1197, received its charter in 1236, and joined the Hanseatic ...
  11. NARRATOR: The Ruhr, Germany's largest industrial region, takes its name from the Ruhr River, an important tributary of the Rhine. With the heavy concentration of coal pits, steel mills, and chemical plants, the Ruhr is also Germany's most densely populated region.

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