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Oberhausen (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.4667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 51 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.8500 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Oberhausen is situated on the Rhine-Herne-Canal in the industrial Ruhr district in the northwestern German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It touches the borders of Mülheim to the south, Essen to the east, and Duisburg to the southwest. It grew up on the heath of Lipperheide as the hub of radiating rail lines, developed first in the mid-19th century, to service coal and limonite iron-ore fields. The beginning of the town was a railway station named after the old Oberhausen Castle nearby. It received its charter in 1874 and developed rapidly with the industrial activity at the turn of the 20th century. It annexed two neighboring towns in 1929. Historic architecture includes the Sterkrade Abbey built in 1150, Holten Fortress built in 1307, and the 16th-century moated castle of Vondern. The modern city connects to the Netherlands via autobahn lines. As the producer of steel and bituminous coal, it hosts much heavy industry, including the historic St. Anthony's Iron Works active 1758 to 1876, the first developed in the Ruhr district. Notable 20th-century structures include the town hall built in 1930, the main railway station of 1938, and the city hall built in 1962. Cultural institutions include several technical schools a civic theatre, and an art museum. There are a large thermoelectric plant, dye works, zinc refineries, railway workshops, and factories that produce glass, sugar, porcelain, team boilers, chemicals, and cigars. The population estimate for 2004 was 220,600. |
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| Oberhausen (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | used since foundation in 19th cen., named after an old castle on banks of Emscher river |
| Oberhausen (German,U,N)
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| Oberhausen-Sterkrade (H,V,German,U,N)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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chartered in 1874; in 1929 city incorporated neighboring older towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld, which were medieval centers |
| city (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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from the founding of the Ruhr area's first iron works here in 1758 |
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