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Duisburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.4333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: The German city of Duisburg is situated at the confluence of the Rhein and the Ruhr. It is an important inland port, being connected to the North Sea German ports by the Rhine-Herne Canal. The Duisburg-Neuenkamp Bridge crosses the Rhine here, one of the world's longest span truss structures. The ancient settlement on the site, known to the Romans as Castrum Deutonis, became the seat of the Frankish kings in the 8th century. It was a free city of the Holy Roman Empire until taken over by Cleves in 1290, then by Brandenburg in 1614. It declined in the wars of the 17th century, but came back into prosperity as the seat of a Protestant university from 1655 until 1818. After 1880 it became industrialized and grew in the early to mid-20th century by annexing several surrounding towns and by acquiring a harbor. Severely damaged during World War II, it became one of western Europe's major iron and steel production centers, and in 1975 absorbed four more outlying cities. The modern city retains little of its historic architecture, but for the 12th-century Romanesque Premonstratensian Abbey Church and the 14th-century Gothic Salvator Church. Other cultural entities are art museums, including the Lehmbruck Museum in honor of famous local sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck, local history museums, and a zoo containing Germany's largest aquarium. Besides iron and steel production, Duisburg has coal mining and the manufacture of heavy machinery, textiles, and metal and wooden items. The population estimate for 2004 was 506,700. |
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| Duisburg (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
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| Duisburg and Hamborn (NA,V)
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| Castrum Deutonis (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
| Diuspargum (H,V,Frankish,U,N)
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............ | name documented in 740 |
| Duisburg-Hamborn (H,V,German,U,N)
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............ | name used 1929-1934 |
| Duisburg Hamborn (H,V)
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Duisburg (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Romans, chartered in 1129, annexed neighboring communities on several occasions between 1880 and 1975 |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| river settlement (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| shipbuilding center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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Protestant university founded in 1655, school for technical training founded in 1972 |
| imperial city (H) |
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status granted in 1129, ended when town passed to Kleve in 1290 |
| royal residence (H) |
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of Frankish kings, by 740 |
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