Oberhausen
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- For other places with the same name, see Oberhausen (disambiguation).
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Administrative region | Düsseldorf |
| District | urban district |
| Population | 219,148 source (2005) |
| Area | 77.04 km² |
| Population density | 2,845 /km² |
| Elevation | 78 m |
| Coordinates | 51°33′ N 6°51′ E |
| Postal code | 46001-46149 |
| Area code | 0208 |
| Licence plate code | OB |
| Mayor | Klaus Wehling (SPD) |
| Website | oberhausen.de |
Oberhausen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area, 35 km to the north of Düsseldorf. Population: 220,033 (31.12.2003).
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 get a new standing. In the 1990s a huge shopping mall, CentrO was built on an abandoned steel works site.
There is an art gallery calls "Gasometer" and an international award festival for short films in Oberhausen.
[edit] Twinning
- Middlesbrough (United Kingdom), since 1974
- Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine), since 1986
- Freital (Saxony/Germany), since 1990
- Iglesias (Sardinia/Italy), since 2002- - Carbonia (Sardinia/Italy), since 2002
- Mersin (Turkey)
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Urban districts and Districts in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) |
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Aachen | Bergisch Gladbach | Bielefeld | Bochum | Bonn | Bottrop | Dortmund | Duisburg | Düsseldorf | Essen | Gelsenkirchen | Hagen | Hamm | Herne | Köln (Cologne) | Krefeld | Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach | Mülheim | Münster | Oberhausen | Remscheid | Solingen | Wuppertal |
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Aachen | Borken | Kleve (Cleves) | Coesfeld | Düren | Ennepe-Ruhr | Euskirchen | Gütersloh | Heinsberg | Herford | Hochsauerland | Höxter | 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 |
