The Ruhr area, 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 populati
Geographic center of the Ruhrgebiets (51°31′03″N 7°08′42″E / 51.51758°N 7.14507°E / 51.51758; 7.14507), in the Röhlinghausen neighborhood of Herne.
Old market square in Dortmund with St. Reinold's Church
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001
Gelsenkirchen is the 25th-most populous city of Germany and the 11th-most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 inhabitants. On the Emscher River, it lies at the centre of the R