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The actual boundaries of the Ruhr vary slightly depending on the source, but a good working definition is to define the Lippe and Ruhr as its northern and southern boundaries respectively, the Rhine as its western boundary, and the town of Hamm as the eastern limit.
In the Middle Ages, local power was vested primarily in the counts (Grafen) of Berg, Mark and Cleves. The left bank of the Rhine was held by the Archbishop of Cologne. The Hellweg was an important trade route crossing the region from Duisburg to Dortmund and beyond as far as the rivers Weser and Elbe. The most important towns of the region were concentrated along the Hellweg.
As a result of the Congress of Vienna, the entire area came under the control of Prussia (the state had already gained possessions there). This event was almost concomitant with developments which would eventually make the region one of the most important industrial areas in the world.
In 1946, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia came into being centred on the Ruhr. Nowadays, its hitherto important coal and steel industries have drastically declined and the region is in a state of re-adjustment.
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The actual boundaries oftheRuhr vary slightly depending on the source, but a good working definition is to define the Lippe and Ruhr as its northern...
TheRuhr (/ˈrʊər/ ROOR; German: Ruhrgebiet [ˈʁuːɐ̯ɡəˌbiːt] , also Ruhrpott German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːɐ̯pɔt] ), also referred to as theRuhr area, sometimes...
The Occupation oftheRuhr (German: Ruhrbesetzung) was a period of military occupation oftheRuhr region of Germany by France and Belgium from 11 January...
TheRuhr University Bochum (German: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, RUB) is a public research university located in the southern hills ofthe central Ruhr area...
TheRuhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in Essen, Germany. The sponsor...
TheRuhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in theRuhr Area...
TheRuhr Red Army (13 March – 12 April 1920) was an army of between 50,000 and 80,000 left-wing workers who conducted what was known as theRuhr Uprising...
industries oftheRuhr area in West Germany. Its seat was in Düsseldorf. TheRuhr Authority was set out in the communiqué issued on 7 June 1948, after the London...
at the centre oftheRuhr, Germany's largest urban area, in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, and belongs to the region of Arnsberg. Bochum is the sixth...
) is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city oftheRuhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of 584,580 makes it the fourth-largest...
The Battle oftheRuhr (5 March – 31 July 1943) was a strategic bombing campaign against theRuhr Area in Nazi Germany carried out by RAF Bomber Command...
Community Energy policy ofthe European Union Flag ofthe European Coal and Steel Community Historyofthe European Union HistoryoftheRuhr District Industrial...
KG, doing business as the Tengelmann Group, is a holding company based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. The corporation has the following subsidiaries:...
was required to maintain the economic upswing. Economy of Germany GARIOA HistoryoftheRuhr District Industrial plans for Germany Italian economic miracle...
in theRuhr metropolitan area ofthe western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence ofthe Rhine and theRuhr rivers in the center...
inhabitants, it is the largest city (by area and population) oftheRuhr as well as the largest city of Westphalia. It lies on the Emscher and Ruhr rivers (tributaries...
rapid growth. Unlike the situation in France, the goal was support of industrialisation and so heavy lines crisscrossed theRuhr and other industrial...
theRuhr Area. The Dutch navy was also expanded with an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, twelve destroyers and eight submarines. In the sixties, the Navy...
committee of the Library of the Ruhr Foundation. He is Professor of Social History at theRuhr University. He specializes in nationalism and national identity...
from below theRuhr River. If successful, this pincer movement would envelop the industrial Ruhr area, neutralizing the largest concentration of German industrial...
The Industrial Heritage Trail (German: Route der Industriekultur) links tourist attractions related to the industrial heritage in theRuhr area in Germany...
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